Sweet Surrender (Book 2)

Secrets Revealed

" The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep."-- E. W. Howe

Stacey

I can't really understand that deadly look on Tyler's face right now. Nothing serious happened. It was all an accident. The woman is drunk. No big deal.

"So... Sooooorrryyy... Miss....Oh...Hey... Ty..Tyler... Come on.. Join the party..." She slurs on her words as she ignores me and moves over to Tyler.

"Who invited you here? Who's date is this!" Tyler shouts and the noisy room suddenly turns quiet.

"Hey... I'm fine... This stain will just go off with dry cleaning. I'm okay." I pull at his arm.

"I said, who's date is this!" He holds my hand tightly while he searches the room with his deadly eyes.

"Sorry man. My bad..." A guy in swimming trunks jogs right at us and helps the drunk woman on her feet.

"Just get her the f*ck out of here man. Look at the mess she made." Tyler points at my clothes. The guy's face turns pale as he sees the stain all over my dress.

"Sorry Miss. I'll take care of dry cleaning. I promise."

"No. It's okay. Really." I shake my head as if to convince him that everything's okay.

"Just get that b*tch out of my f*cking house Sam." I grip Tyler's hand. I know he's losing it. What the hell?

"Sorry man." The guy..or Sam.. helps the drunk lady out of the house. I hear Tyler sigh loudly when they're out of sight.

"What the hell Ty! You don't need to embarrass him like that!" I screech as I sip my tea. Now this drink even tastes bitter.

"Look at what she did to you. I'm just protecting you." He scoots back to his chair and sips his wine.

"Protect me from what? As if you still have the right to do that. Stop acting like a stupid gentleman Tyler when we both know what you truly are." I snap at him. he just looks at me for a second and shakes his head.

"There's nothing wrong with protecting you Stacey." He says quietly, keeping his eyes on his now empty glass.

"What do you want Tyler." I whisper.

"What do you mean? You still don't know what I want until now Stacey? Just think about this, I set this party just so I can see you. Simple as that. You keep on ignoring me. I can't make you look at me anymore."

"You know why Tyler. You exactly know why. Now don't act like a victim." I put mu glass on the bar with loud thump.

"Look, all I want is for you to forgive me. I'm really...really sorry for what happened. I've been a j*rk. I know that. I've accused you of something that you didn't do." He turns to face me but I keep my head down. Holding back the tears The lump on my throat is hard enough to swallow back.

"Forgiveness? Is that what it will take for you to stay away from me?" I turn to finally look at him. Hurt is obvious in his eyes. How can he feel this hurt when he was the one who hurt me?

"I cant promise to stay away from you Stacey. I know, seeing you again here in Canada, of all places, I believe this means something." He shakes his head and squeezes my hands in his.

"I think, It's too late for that Tyler." I shake my head, cant help the lone tear that runs down my face. My chest tightens. All of the hurt that I felt before feels so raw right now.

"No Stacey, nothing is too late when it comes to us. We've been through this before, I know we can make it through again this time." he lets go of my hands and shakes my shoulders lightly.

"I don't think so. There are things in life that we can't fix. Not as easy as that. Things happened to us. We have changed in that short period of time separately. Especially me. Things have changed that i don't think you can handle Tyler." I shake my head. Circling my belly with my arms, as if protecting my baby from the inevitable. How can I even tell him that I'm pregnant? I can't seem to find the courage to shake all this secrets out of me.

"What do you mean?" He looks at me curiously.

"You have moved on. So did I..." i try to change the subject. Please just let this go.

"Yeah. I thought I did, but the moment I saw you down that street, I knew I'm in deep trouble because I know that I haven't gotten myself over you yet."

"I can't. Sorry..." I turn and walk fast away from him. I hear him call after me but I refuse to listen. I walk faster, not minding the wet floor under me. I know I should go slow, but I have to run away from him. Not again please.

I'm a few feet away from the elevator door when I feel someone bump me on the side. I feel my feet slide across the floor. The soles of my flats cant hold me in place. I hear the gasp of people around me when I suddenly feel the floor against my behind.

"Aw...." I groan when pain shoots up to my spine. I fell hard. pretty hard cause I cant seem to feel my right leg. Did I twist my ankle again?

"Stacey! Oh God... You okay?" I hear Jason shout from behind. I try to lift myself up the floor but my back strains from pain.

"Yeah.. I think I'm okay Jay...." I whisper as he helps me up.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Tyler asks as he helps me steady on my left leg.

"I think I twisted my ankle again." I try to breath when I feel my belly twitch. I let go of Jason when I feel a sudden pain in my tummy. I try to breathe in and out to calm my nerves. Useless.

"Oh God. You're not okay. Can someone call an ambulance?" Jason says in a panic voice. I bend with my arm holding my little bump. Please baby. No...

"We can have someone check on her. Call Stephanie please..." Tyler tells a guy in front of us. "She's our company nurse, she can check on you."

"Oh God..." I whimper as the pain doubles. I can feel something trickle down my thighs..."Did I just pee? Oh God... Jay..." I grip tightly on Tyler's arm when the pain alters my breathing. Jason lifts my dress and I gasp when I see red running down my thighs.

"Stace..." He whispers as we both stare in shock at the pool of blood on my feet. My tears run down my cheeks as I try to hold my breath to ease the pain.

"What the f*ck! Have my car ready! Now!" Tyler shouts as he lifts me with his strong arms.

"Oh God...Oh God... Please no..." I sob as I bury my face on Tyler's chest.

"Why in the hell is she bleeding?" Tyler asks Jason who is silently fidgeting behind us on our ride down to the ground floor. "Jason! I'm asking you, why is she bleeding like that? Is she sick?" Tyler stares at Jason who looks shocked as he is.

"I... She...." Jason shakes his head and looks at me.

"Shut up Jay..." I whisper weekly against Tyler's chest as I keep on trying to steady my breathing with each painful twist in my tummy.

"Oh God baby.... Hold on okay? Don't close your eyes... Stay with me Stacey... Please...Stay with me...." I hear Tyler plead just before I let my lids drop.

I can't. Sorry. Too... tired....