Chapter 10.
Keira’s POV.
“I.. um.. we.. well, we have um..,” I stuttered a round of gibberish things that I found difficult to comprehend myself. It felt like my mind had turned off right after her question and all I could do was hear the loud thumping of my heartbeat inside my head.
I watched Mrs. Hawthorne’s face contort into a frown before her eyebrows raised up quizzically. She snapped her fingers and I jumped at the sound.
“Look at you. You look like you were having a bloody seizure or something!” she remarked with an air of disgust.
“I’m sorry, ma’am.. I mean mother,” I quickly apologized, going red with embarrassment.
“Save your sorry. You have just one job, girl.. one damned job! Get pregnant for my son and give him an heir! How’s that difficult to understand, huh?”
I looked
