Book One in the "Alcaraz Duology"
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐛 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲'𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞
Lucia Alcaraz has always dreamed of a happy ending consisting of her finding love and creating a family. As cliché as it may sound, a fairytale like life i...
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Anxiety fills every inch of my body.
I turn the tap on to feel cold water on my hands. I keep my attention on that while I take in deep breaths to calm myself down. I'm sure it isn't what I am thinking.
The pink and white plastic sits on the counter practically calling my name for me to flip it over and look at it. I turn the tap off and place my cold hands on my neck as I look at myself in the mirror. This past week has been a hell because I've been around Eric at every second. This scare is only the highlight of the week. I'm so done with everything and everyone.
I dry my hands on my pants before finally deciding to get this over with.
I reach for the test and quickly turn it over. I put a hand over my chest as I feel my heart drop when I see the very red lines painted on the test.
The last two times I had sex with Ace we didn't use protection and it happened in the span of almost four weeks all together. That leaves more than enough time to conceive...
I'm a fucking idiot.
I stop myself from crying and I rush to get my purse. I hide the test in it, and I grab my phone before rushing out of my room.
I need to go see Catalina.
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Catalina walks out of her office just as I am about to enter.
"Lucia, how are you?" She smiles pulling me into a quick hug.
"I need to talk to you. It's urgent." The expression on my face that she only now notices causes her to look at me in concern.
Her face drops and she becomes serious. "Of course, come in."
I walk into her office, and she walks in right after me. She places the folders she has in her hands down on her desk before sitting with me, giving me her whole attention.
"What's wrong?" She inspects my face that gives away that I am not okay.
I immediately burst into tears. Cat pulls me into a side hug from her chair while soothingly rubbing my arm as I cry on her.
"Hermanita, what happened? Did Eric do something to you?" She softly questions and I look up at her through tears.
Through my blurry eyes I search through my purse for it and when I find it, I hand it to her. Catalina's eyes widen when she realizes. Her mouth slightly drops.
"Lucia...you're pregnant." Her tone of voice tells me that she too can't believe it.
"It's Ace's." Obviously.
She looks at me with worry and it's almost as if she doesn't know what to tell me.
"You've always told me to use protection and to take care of myself, but I just forgot. I don't know how. I guess we were too in the moment that it completely slipped our minds." I cry harder when I suddenly remember again that this baby isn't my husbands that I had to throw Ace out of my life.
