CHAPTER 6:TWO LINES
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One month later.
Scarlett knew something was wrong.
At first, she tried to ignore it.
It started small.
Feeling tired all the time.
Not eating like she used to.
Then eating more than what she would actually eat on a normal day…
Then suddenly feeling sick for no reason.
But when the nausea became stronger…
She couldn’t ignore it anymore.
Scarlett barely made it to the bathroom before throwing up.
Lila rushed in almost immediately.
“Okay—no,” she said quickly. “This is not normal.”
Scarlett wiped her mouth, avoiding her eyes.
“I’m fine. It’s probably something I ate, should be food poisoning.”
Lila didn’t say anything.
She just stood there.
Watching her.
Thinking.
Then suddenly…..
“Oh my God.”
Scarlett frowned.
“What?”
But Lila was already moving.
“I’ll be back.”
“Lila—lila!?”
The door shut before she could finish.
After what seemed like an eternity to Scarlett… Lila walked in.
When Lila came back, she didn’t say a word.
She just dropped a small paper bag on the table.
Scarlett looked at it slowly.
Then at her.
“What’s that?”
“Open it.”
Something in Lila’s voice made her pause.
It wasn’t joking.
It wasn’t playful.
It was serious… too serious…
Scarlett reached into the bag.
Her fingers brushed against something small.
Small but Light.
She pulled it out.
Pregnancy test strips.
Three of them.
Her heart dropped instantly.
“No,” she said quickly. “No, that’s not—”
“Just take it,” Lila said firmly.
“It’s nothing really…. Am fine…..”
“Then prove it.”
Silence.
Heavy silence.
Scarlett stared at the strips in her hand.
Her mind already running Helter Skelter.
Then it came running back to her …
That night,
That room,
Him…
Her chest tightened.
“It was just once…” she whispered.
Lila softened a little.
“I know. Just take it.”
The bathroom felt too quiet.
Scarlett stood there, holding the test.
Her hands weren’t steady.
“This is stupid,” she muttered.
But she still did it.
Then she waited.
Seconds felt like minutes.
Her heart wouldn’t slow down.
“Please no.”
“Please no.”
“Please no.”
“Scarlett?” Lila called from outside.
“One second,” she replied.
Her voice felt far away.
She looked down.
Slowly.
Carefully.
And then—
She froze.
Two lines.
Clear.
Bright.
There was no mistake.
Scarlett opened the door slowly.
Lila was already standing there.
Waiting.
Watching.
Scarlett didn’t speak.
She just handed the test to her.
Lila looked at it.
Then looked again.
Her eyes widened like her eyes would fall from their sockets…
“…What?”
She blinked.
Then stared harder.
“Two lines?”
Her voice rose.
“Are these two lines?”
She looked back at Scarlett, completely shocked.
“Jesus f*****g Christ—what the heck happened?!”
Scarlett didn’t answer.
She couldn’t.
Her throat felt tight.
Her chest heavy.
Everything suddenly felt too real.
Too fast.
Too much.
Silence fell between them.
A long one.
Then Lila exhaled slowly, running a hand through her hair.
“…Well,” she said finally, still staring at the test,
“That doesn’t look like food poisoning to me.”
Scarlett sat down slowly.
Her legs felt weak.
Her mind already drifting.
Back.
Back to that night.
(One Month Earlier…)
The room was quiet.
Too quiet.
Scarlett’s eyes opened slowly.
Her head hurt.
Her body felt heavy.
For a moment, she didn’t move.
Didn’t think.
Just breathed.
Then it came back.
The club.
The drinks.
The hallway.
The room.
Her eyes widened.
She sat up quickly.
“This isn’t—”
She stopped.
Because she already knew.
This wasn’t her room.
Then she felt it.
The presence beside her.
Warm.
Real.
Scarlett turned slowly.
And saw him.
Dominic.
Sleeping.
Calm.
Like nothing had happened.
Her heart started racing.
“What did I do…” “what the heck did I do ” she whispered.
Her voice barely there.
Memories came back in pieces.
His face.
His voice.
The way he looked at her.
The way she didn’t stop him.
Scarlett shut her eyes tightly.
“No…”
But it was real.
All of it.
She got out of bed quickly.
Her hands shaking as she dressed.
Her breathing uneven.
Her thoughts loud now.
Too loud.
She didn’t want to look at him again.
But something made her pause.
She turned.
Just for a second.
He looked different like this.
Not dangerous.
Not like the man on the news.
Just… human.
And somehow, that made it harder.
Scarlett swallowed.
Then shook her head.
“No.”
She grabbed her shoes.
Moved to the door.
And without another thought—
She left.
(Back to Present…)
Scarlett blinked.
The memory faded.
But the feeling didn’t.
Lila was watching her closely now.
“Scarlett…”
Scarlett looked up slowly.
Her lips parted slightly.
Her voice barely above a whisper.
“…It's Dominic.”
Lila froze.
“What?”
Scarlett swallowed.
Her heart pounding again.
“It was him.”
Lila’s eyes widened.
“Wait—what Dominic?”
Scarlett looked at her.
Fear.
Confusion.
Reality.
All mixed together.
“The one from the news.”
Silence.
Heavy.
Shocking.
Lila took a step back.
“You’re serious??!”
Scarlett nodded slowly.
“I woke up in his room…”
Her voice cracked slightly.
“I didn’t mean to be there. I went into the wrong room… and he was there… and I was drunk and…”
She stopped.
She didn’t need to finish.
Lila ran a hand through her hair.
“Oh my God…”
She started pacing now.
“Okay—okay—wait.”
She turned back to Scarlett.
“You’re telling me…”
She pointed at the test.
“…that Dominic Russo is the father?”
Scarlett didn’t answer.
She didn’t need to.
The silence said everything.
Lila let out a slow breath.
“This is bad.”
Scarlett laughed weakly.
“Bad?”
“This is not normal bad,” Lila said. “This is dangerous bad.”
Scarlett looked down at her hands.
Then slowly…
At her stomach.
“I don’t know what to do,” she whispered.
Lila stopped pacing.
Looked at her.
Really looked at her.
“Okay,” she said slowly. “First… we don’t panic.”
Scarlett let out a small, broken laugh.
“I’m already panicking.”
“Yeah, same,” Lila admitted. “But we need to think.”
Another silence.
“Does he know?” Lila asked.
Scarlett shook her head immediately.
“No.”
“Do you want to tell him?”
Scarlett didn’t answer.
Because she didn’t know.
And that was the scariest part.
Because this wasn’t just about a mistake anymore.
It was real.
And whether she liked it or not…
Dominic Russo was now a part of her life.
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