Chapter 1
I placed the cup of urine inside a small square door and washed my hands. The bathroom spun in slow circles as I gripped the counter and leaned in to the mirror. A gazillion thoughts parachuted into my head. The nausea left, replaced by legitimate panic. There was no way I could be pregnant. The theory was ridiculous and I couldn’t wait to mock everyone in the room once I returned.
Especially Jake. He’d been so smug about ordering me into the restroom. They didn’t know me. I swallowed each birth control pill daily as if it was a religious act. It hadn’t always been that way. It began with him.
I marched from the restroom down the hall and turned when I saw his long, muscular legs from the corner of my eye. I lifted my chin and forced a smile. “All done.”
He looked sideways at
