sure he knew about everything that has gone down. He and my fiancé are close, so that also explains his closeness with Brooklyn’s trifling ass. Usually I would call to alert Dominic of my presence, but after a week of being away he should be happy to see me. I checked my reflection in the mirror and applied a fresh coat of Mac gloss to my lips before getting out of the car. When I opened the door, I spotted Dominic at his desk with the phone glued to his ear. I couldn’t miss the huge smile that covered his face even if I wanted to. David chuckled when I walked through the door, and that only made me wonder who he was on the phone with. Dominic stopped smiling and quickly ended his call once he realized that I was standing there.
“Hey,” he said standing up to greet me.
“We need to talk,” I said as I walked over to his desk.
“Okay, sit down,” he said pulling a chair out for me.
“Can you give us a minute?” I snapped at David with an attitude. He was waiting for some drama, so he wasn’t going to leave voluntarily.
“I wish I would leave since you want to have an attitude,” he replied. “You better bring your ass back outside and read what that sign says over the door. I could have sworn it said Robert’s Trucking.”
“Come on, let’s go in the back,” Dominic said as he gave his brother the evil eye. I stood up and followed him to the break room located in the rear of the office. I sat down while Dominic closed and locked the door behind us.
“The disrespect from your brother is getting old Dominic,” I told him when he sat down next to me.
“I know you didn’t come here to talk about David. We need to discuss what’s going on with us.”
“I have a lot of questions and I need you to give me some honest answers before we can go any further.”
“I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.”
“Is she planning on having the baby?” I asked hating to even speak Brooklyn’s name. That question has been on my mind for the past week.
“Yeah, she’s having the baby,” he said with a perplexed look on his face. My heart was breaking into a million pieces with every bit of information I was receiving.
“So what does this mean for us Dominic?” I asked trying to hold my tears at bay. I love this man with all of my heart, but I’m not prepared to accept an outside child.
“I love you, and I still want us to get married, but I can’t turn my back on my baby. I know it’s going to be hard for you, but we can make this work.”
“I’m not asking you to turn your back on your baby, but I can’t welcome an outside child into my world Dominic. You can be there financially, but it won’t be welcomed into my family’s home or my home,” I said honestly.
“Well, I guess there’s nothing left for us to talk about,” he said standing to his feet.
“Wait, what do you mean?” I asked confused.
I thought for sure that he would agree to my demands just to make me happy. That’s always how it’s been with us. He would do whatever I said just to keep the peace.
“If you’re asking me to choose between you and my baby then the choice is simple,” he shrugged.
“You sure it’s your baby that you’re choosing and not the baby’s mother?”
“This has nothing to do with her. Yeah, I was wrong for cheating on you and for that I truly apologize, but I’m not making my innocent baby suffer for my wrong doings. If I have to make a choice then I choose my seed,” he said.
“So you’re willing to leave what we have for that bitch? Is she more important than me Dominic?” I said no longer able to control the flood of tears from making their way out.
“It’s not about Brooklyn!” He yelled causing me to flinch. “You’re asking me not to be in my child’s life just to be with you and I can’t do that.”
“I don’t know how else you expect me to handle this. Do you know how embarrassed I am Dominic?”
“It was never my intentions to embarrass or hurt you, but
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