Never Letting You Go (Being Yours Novella Series Book 1) by Dawn Martens Page B

the second the pee flooded the little window, the positive showed.” She snatches the stick up and looks. “I was right.” She hands it to me, and I stare at it.
    Pregnant.
    I start sobbing. “What am I going to do?”
    Mom takes the stick from my hand and puts it back on the counter, then pulls me to her, hugging me tightly. “It will be okay, baby. I promise you , ” she says, rubbing my back. “He’s still calling. I think you two need to chat.”
    Only reason he’s probably calling me is to verify I want nothing. He has no other reason to call. I know he’d probably just show up to talk to me, but since my parents moved, he doesn’t know the new address. For now, I’m fine with that. I should just get it over with and talk to him. We were friends once, before we messed it up by blurring the lines.
    “I’ll talk to him soon,” I tell Mom, pulling away from her.
    I go up to my room and sit on the bed. I play with the cellphone in my hand, debating on if I should call him or at least text him, but decide against it.
    I lie on my bed and fall asleep.
     
     
     
    Cameron
    I’m in the middle of a meeting when Lana comes into the boardroom and quietly gives me a note. I look it over and stand up. “Sorry, gentlemen, I have to be somewhere. We will continue this another time.” I quickly leave the room and go to my office.
    Two weeks ago, after I left the Lyle’s new home, I felt defeated. Loretta told me I just needed to give her some time and space, but she was sure Ava would come back to me. So far, she hasn’t.
    I dial the number, and Loretta answers. “About time.”
    “What’s going on? My assistant told me I needed to call you urgently.”
    “You need to get your head out of your ass and woo her, and woo her now. We can’t wait any longer!” Loretta demands.
    “What’s going on?!” I demand.
    “She’s pregnant,” Loretta whispers. “She told me she’d tell you, but I know my daughter. She lied to me.”
    I grip the phone in my hand, shock going through me. Ava is pregnant. She’s pregnant with my child, and she wasn’t going to tell me. I know now, I’m never letting her go, and once I let the lawyers know about the pregnancy, the divorce hearing will be put off for a long ass time. By the time it is brought back up, this whole idea of divorce will be long gone because Ava isn’t leaving me.
    “I’ll be down within the week. Don’t let her know,” I inform her and hang up the phone after she tells me I can stay in her guest room.
    I press the intercom button on my phone and have Lana cancel all of my appointments for the next nine months, or hand them all over to Gregor, my second in command. Of course, that was met with a gasp and then outrage over my unplanned vacation.
    But I’m not leaving Ava’s side, not once while she’s pregnant, and not once until I can convince her she’s it for me.
     
     

 
     
    Chapter 12
    5 ½ years of marriage
    Ava
    I turn on the TV and put on the latest news channel. As I start munching on my chips, an image of Cameron flashes on the screen, and standing next to him is that bitch, Becky, an obviously pregnant Becky. I grab the remote and turn the volume up.
    “Spotted out tonight was business mogul, Cameron James, with his mistress, Rebecca Veldhuizen. When pressed with the whereabouts of his wife, the lovely Avalynn, he refused to comment.” I block out everything said after that.
    Becky is pregnant? I feel sick. I should have known this marriage wasn’t real. Over the last couple of years, it sure as hell felt real, but I guess I was only fooling myself.
    How could he humiliate me like this? After everything, I thought he would have the decency to keep their relationship private until after the divorce.
    I shut the TV off and move from the couch. When I turn to walk out of the living room, Cameron’s mother, Jennica, is standing in the doorway, tears in her eyes. “Please don’t believe that gossip mess, Ava,” she says quietly.
    I