The Divine Temptation (18+) (Forbidden Priest Romance)

39. I'm Pregnant

'A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.'

Proverbs 11:13-14 (NIV)

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Gabriel

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I shift in my seat, before piling my papers to the side and closing the lid of my laptop.

I let out a sigh and throw my head back in my chair, before smiling to myself.

How did I get so lucky.

I get up, and turn off my desk lap before grabbing my keys and making my way to the main church section to close up there.

As I walk out my phone vibrates in my pocket, I pull it out, opening my messages up, to find a picture of Evangeline, snuggled in bed, her eyes closed, her nose scrunched as she smiles at the camera, I smile in admiration, before holding my thumb down, and attempting to set it as my background.

"Gabriel" I still, the expression on my face instantly becoming stoic, as I lift my head up towards the voice.

I slide my phone in my back pocket again, before meeting their gaze.

"Bethany" I simply respond.

"I was hoping I would find you here" she says, the corner of her mouth lifts in an awkward smile as she takes a step towards me, matching her pace, I take a step back, and cross my arms over my chest.

"I'm closing up"

"Yes, I know, but I thought we could may talk. Talk about us. We got off on the wrong foot, and I really think we could work out"

Bile rises in my throat, as my teeth automatically clench.

"There's nothing to talk about and there is no us" I keep my answer short, not wanting to give her any form of the wrong message.

"Come on, we were good together, even your father thinks so" she pleads, taking another step closer.

"I don't care what my father thinks or says, I don't think we're a good together, nor would I want to be with you."

Her face falls, and her pupils darken, as her mouth morphs into a scowl.

"Is this because of Evangeline. Because ever since she's arrived you've been different, like, why are you being rude, you've never been like this, you're quiet, not outspoken, but now your completely different" She takes a final step forward and attempts to put her hand on my arm, I move out of the way her hand missing my bicep.

"What happens between Evangeline and I is none of your business, and no, she's not the reason I won't be with you, you are"

"Oh come on don't be serious, you know you enjoyed it, because you didn't try hard enough to stop, so clearly it was fine" she says, almost shrugging her shoulders

"I asked you multiple times, and you didn't listen" I say through gritted teeth, forcing my anger down into my stomach.

"So this is it, we're finished because of slight miscommunication, and now you're just going to have some weird ass fling with that whore Evangeline, for what?"

"Keep my wife's out of your mouth" I seethe, all my anger over the past couple of years simmers at the top, when she assumes what happened was down to a simple miscommunication. She was the reason I recoiled into myself, made me think I was abnormal because I didn't enjoy it. Made me feel like I was inadequate in all sense of the word, that if I didn't enjoy it with the first girlfriend I had that I would never enjoy sex or quite frankly a relationship with anyone else.