The Playboy’s Downfall novel Chapter 83

ISLA

Three months had passed.

My baby bump is getting bigger. My first trimester is already done. My morning sickness is still there, but with the help of my mom and Apollo, I always overcome it. Yesterday, we went to my OB and conducted an ultrasound, but the doctor can’t identify the gender yet. The doctor said we should wait for a month before we will find out the baby’s gender.

I was praying that it should be a girl. However, it’s also okay if it was a boy. But Becca wants it to be a girl, so I am, while Apollo wants it to be a boy.

Becca already knew about my pregnancy, and I didn’t hide from her that Zero was the father. Well, she knew that something was going on between us way back then, and I can’t lie about it.

And here we are, talking on the phone again. “I want to tell Zero that you’re preg—”

“Don’t Becca, don’t. I told you, I want to keep it a secret. Besides, Zero won’t give a damn, even if he finds out,” I replied.

Knowing Zero hated commitment, I’m sure he will not accept the child.

“How sure are you, huh, Isla?” Becca asked, and I could imagine how her brows arched. “You didn’t even try to tell—”

“What’s the point? He cleared the things that should be done between us, Becca. I love him, and he doesn’t love me. Why do I need to tell him about this? Why, could it change—”

“There’s no harm in trying….” Becca asserted, raising her tone.

I heaved a deep sigh and caressed my tummy. “I don’t know. I can’t. And I don’t know where he is.”

“He’s in Spain.”

Spain? What is he doing there?

“I’m not interested—”

“And he will be there in a year—”

“Even if he will stay there for a long time. The hell I care—”

“Don’t you love him anymore?” Becca asked, making me frown.

I still love him so much. And I don’t know if I can forget him.

“No.” I lied.

I put away the phone when Becca burst into laughter. “Girl…” she laughed, “—I don’t believe—”

“Then don’t ask,” I replied, cutting the hum of her words.

Becca sighed. “You should tell that to Zero. Don’t let Zero find out about it first—”

“I don’t care. I will never tell him about my child. I will raise—”