Chapter 25

Ana was sitting in bed and staring at her tummy. It had been a month since she had discovered alongside Landon that she was pregnant and she was noticing a lot of differences. She was kinda scared someone else was going to notice them too.

First, she had a bump. It was not that visible. But if you were a nosy person and decided to look closely, you'd notice. Or if you were a very observant person, it'd be obvious.

Sometimes, Ana was kind of scared to go to work. She was scared that everyone was going to notice and she was going to become the centre of attention.

After she had been chosen to do Jack's interview, she had gotten the attention of others in the office. Before she had been Tasha's bitch, but her promotion, then the interview had made a lot of rumors to go round.

Some had said she was sleeping with Adams and that's why he had given her all those advantages. Others said she was the bitch of the board of directors and spread her legs every time they asked. All the rumors concerned sex and Ana being a whore anyways.

Ana touched her tummy lightly and smiled. The pregnancy had been unplanned but she already loved her baby. She found herself speaking to them sometimes. Like now.

"You know how I told you I was going to tell your dad I was pregnant? Well I chickened out." She had a slight silence, almost like she was waiting for a reply from her baby.

"I know, I know. That was very cowardly of momma. But you know your dad is an influential person. And telling him I'm pregnant with no proof. He would think I'm just another gold digger wanting to trap him in their nest," she explained then sighed.

She felt like a moron. She wanted to tell Jack but at the same time, she did not want to tell him. Their relationship or whatever was still new. So dropping a bomb like that was, Ana was certain, going to cause the third global war.

Ana looked at the time. It was six thirty am. She didn't know why but by five am, she was up. Maybe she was getting ready unconsciously for when she was going to have a baby and the real torture started.

She prepared, taking her time because she had woken up early for once. After all, there was no rush. She didn't have a lot of work so she knew the day was going to be a bit flexible.

Ana reached work and the place was more lively than it usually was. She frowned. People were walking around more than usual and it was bustling with activity.

She tried stopping someone to ask. But it seemed like no one was giving her the time of the day. Ana raised her brows. Yes, the people around here were rude but not that much. Today was different.

She got into the elevator anyways and pressed the floor her office was on. She had worn a slightly tight fitting dress and she was happy everyone's attention was diverted so no one was looking at my baby bump that was starting to get a little visible.

She walked towards her office and what she saw kind of shocked her. There Jack was, standing in Adam's office. Ana frowned. She had thought his dealings with the magazine were over and that he just had to wait for the article to come out? Article he was probably not even going to read.

Ana stopped and stared for a while. It was normal. She was curious. The guy she was talking to was standing right there and she had had no idea of it all.

Honestly, Ana was a little pissed. Okay, maybe more than a little but damn. He couldn't just pick the phone up and tell her he would be at her office? She hated being taken for granted. That was the worst shit ever.

As Ana was about to walk away, she saw something that hurt her. Tasha was standing right there, her slimy hands all over Jack. She was saying something and he was laughing.

Ana waited a little, expecting Jack to maybe push Tasha away but nothing. He laughed again and Tasha let out her stupid giggle. Ana started walking away briskly in the direction of her office.

This was the worst way to start the morning. Her mood had been soured and even the thought of earlier this morning, being close to her baby and all was doing nothing to revive the good mood.

She walked into her office and closed the door angrily. She really hoped nobody came right now. She needed time to calm down. If not she was going to explode on someone.

Okay, Ana was not daft enough to think she and Jack were an item already. But damn it. They had gotten closer and she had honestly thought they were exclusively seeing each other. It hurt.

To think she had almost blown off her best friend because of this man. It was wild. She was thinking of him and all he was thinking of was who to bang and where.

He's better not come to her office or she'd slap the living daylights out of him. And Tasha too, that low life liar. Ana thought she had a billionaire boyfriend? So why then was she sticking on Jack like a bottle of glue?

Ana sat and took in a deep breath. She didn't have to get stressed. She knew that. But things like this put her out of her head. She lay her head on the table for a few minutes and tried to compose herself. Then lifted it up and turned on her computer.

As soon as she was about to click on the document she was editing, there was a knock on the door. She sighed low then called out an audible come in.

The door opened and Jack entered. This was going to be a long day.