章 23: Chapter 22: LUCIEN

I'm running out of options, the more I try the more things seem to be working against me. It's almost as if something or someone was deliberately raising the stakes each time I jumped over a hurdle. If her damn egg drops anytime I'm near she's done for. Shit!

I switched off the water and took my time drying off since my skin was so sensitive that the slightest touch made me want to fuck. When I left the bathroom wrapped in my favorite black silk robes because I'm a sadist I found the table in the sitting room set with dinner for one and a bottle of my favorite wine. Dennis must've told the others to leave me alone because I didn't feel them in the house.

I dug into my steak and drank the wine like water as I recapped all of the day's events in my head. Shit! I need to check on her but I'm afraid of what would happen if I do. Just seeing her now, knowing that her body is preparing itself to bear my child might be a bit much for me to take.