Lucas's grip on her hand tightened, his breath caught in his throat. He had thought I'd be easy to lie to her but on meeting her gaze, his heart constricted just from the thought of lying to her.

"I'm Lucas, your husband, I mean boyfriend. We've been together for years. We are expecting a child together."

Emily's eyes grew bigger as if in surprise, her hands subconsciously going to her womb as if trying to feel for a baby bump and it was there, just almost unnoticeable. "I have a baby in my womb a-and you're my boyfriend?"

“Yes, yes. That's right!” Lucas said, bobbing his head up and down...