My Best Friend Saved Me, Then Stole My Fiancé And My Wedding Chapter 06

My Best Friend Saved Me, Then Stole My Fiancé And My Wedding Chapter 06

Sloane fell apart.

“I… I…”

Her ear’s burned red. She couldn’t get a full sentence out.

Graham’s face hardened. He let out a disgusted laugh.

“Sloane. You actually lied to us. This whole time.”

Clarissa gripped the report so hard it wrinkled.

“Why, Sloane?”

“We gave you everything. Every single thing you asked for. We had nothing to feel guilty about.”

“So why? Why did you keep lying?”

Sloane’s face flushed all the way to her neck. And then she snapped.

“Because of Maren! All of this was because of her!”

“I gave up my spot at the freshman mixer so she could go. And she met Reid. She got to date him. For years.”

“That was supposed to be me! I just took back what was mine!”

The truth poured out of her like something rotten finally breaking open.

“I liked Reid before Maren ever did. All through high school.”

“For three years, he never said a word to me. But Maren knew him for two months and he was hers? That’s not fair!”

With every word, the three of them pulled further away from her.

Clarissa’s voice came out flat.

“So you knew. You watched us force Maren to sacrifice everything for you. And you let it happen.”

“Yes!”

Sloane pressed a hand to her stomach. She fought to steady her breathing, and when she spoke, there was defiance in it.

“Reid and I are married. I’m carrying his baby.”

“It’s done. I’m going to be a good wife to him. I’ll take care of this family.”

“The four of us can still be best friends. Nothing has to change.”

No one spoke.

Reid’s voice cut through the silence.

“Get rid of it.”

The defiance on Sloane’s face crumbled.

“What did you just say?”

His voice didn’t change.

“Terminate it.”.

“The Calloway family doesn’t need a child that was conceived through a lie.”

He turned to the private physician he had on standby.

“Schedule the procedure. Do it now.”

The physician nodded and left to make the arrangements.

Reid turned to Clarissa and Graham.

“Take her in.”

They looked at each other.

Then they each took one of Sloane’s arms.

It hit Sloane all at once. He wasn’t bluffing.

Real fear flooded her face.

“You think she’ll come back just because you get rid of our baby?”

“I know Maren. She just lost her own baby. She hates you now. She’s never coming back.”

“Keep this baby. At least the Calloways will still have an heir!”

Reid’s hands went still. A sound left his throat that might have been a laugh.

“So you knew Maren was pregnant.”

Clarissa went rigid. She turned on Sloane.

“Today. The reporters, the slap. You planned that?”

Sloane broke down. Tears, shaking, the whole thing.

“I’m sorry. I messed up.”

“I thought if I did this, you’d all stay. I was so scared of losing you.

“That’s why I wanted Maren gone. Her and the baby. I’m sorry!”

Her tears looked real.

She was betting on the same trick that had always worked.

Any other day, it would have.

They would have been all over her by now.

Tissues. Hugs. Soft words.

But their eyes were empty.

The physician returned with a team of private nurses.

“Mr. Calloway, everything’s ready.”

Reid didn’t smile. He looked at Graham and Clarissa.

“Take her in.”

Sloane thrashed. She was screaming before they even moved.

Graham and Clarissa didn’t stop. They pulled her toward the operating room.

Reid didn’t look away.

“I’ll have someone clear your things out of the apartment by tonight.”

“We covered every one of your medical bills these past nine months.’

“I’ll send you the total. You have three days to pay it back.”

“If you don’t, I’ll see you in court.”

He said it the way someone would read a contract.

Sloane shattered.

Reid turned and walked away. Graham and Clarissa followed.

Sloane’s screams echoed down the hallway behind them.

None of them looked back.