"Oh, does he know that you're hiding your pregnancy from him and that you're planning to abort the child?"

I dried up in my throat!

I froze for a second, my mind gone crazy with what the devil is telling me.

There was a very strong silence between us.

But vowing to myself that I was not ever going to expose my weakness before him, I forced myself out of my dazed state.

"W….what am I saying?" I tried to say with so much bravado, though my voice did crack.

Ryan laughed out loud. "I knew that was coming. I knew you were going to lie about it."

"Deny what?...