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baby.” He said softly, coming inside and shutting the door.
    “Hey, where did you go?” she asked. “I was worried about you.”
    “I just needed a walk.” He said.
    “Oh” she decided not to question it further.
     
    Chapter 8
    The next morning Selena got back from the supermarket.  Ivan was still asleep in bed.  She went to the bathroom, her heart beating fast.  She had been putting this off for weeks but she knew that she could not leave it any longer.  Her period had not come for over a month now.  She pulled the pregnancy test from the bag and slowly followed the procedures. 
    “No, it can’t be.” She said looking at the result. She took another test from her bag and repeated the steps.
    Shaking her head in disbelief she read the result again.  Pregnant.  She was god dam fucking pregnant.
    “Holy fuck” she thought to herself.  At that moment Ivan entered the bathroom.  Rubbing his eyes sleepily he smiled at her.
    “Hey baby” he said.  She stared at him blankly in disbelief.
    “What you doing there?”
    He looked at the tests in her hands.
    “What is that?”
    She hung her head down and passed him the tests.
    “Baby” she said.
    “I’m pregnant.”
     
     
    BOOK III
    SOUNDS LIKE FUN
     
     
     
    Prologue
     
    She sat across from him at the dinner table in one of the most fashionable New York restaurants trying to keep the tears from welling up in her eyes.
    “But why?” her voice faltered, “I thought things were going well between us.”
    Mike looked at her coldly, and she searched desperately for a glimmer of emotion in his eyes.
    “Look, it just isn’t working for me” he said, avoiding her stare.
    “Is there someone else?” she asked.
    He paused.
    “No, no it’s not that.”  He put his napkin on the table and called to the waiter for the bill.
    “I better go.” He said once he had paid.
    “Just like that?” she asked.
    “Just like that.” He said, and stood up to leave.
    And just like that her three years relationship with the man she loved ended.  And she felt heartbroken.
     
    Chapter 1
     
    Sunlight streamed in through the windows of Ambar’s New York apartment in Upper Manhattan.  She tried to shelter the light from her eyes and hide under the duvet yet it was resilient.  She got out of bed frustrated and slammed the shutters closed, climbing back into bed and hiding her face under the pillows.
    Ambar had finally thought things were going well.  She had a successful job in a leading market research company, and she had thought she was about to settle down and get married.  She felt as if her whole world had fallen apart.  After Mike had told her it was over, she had walked back in the rain from the restaurant, and crawled into bed, not even taking off her wet clothes.  She didn’t want to face the world anymore; it was a dark and horrible untrusting place in her eyes now with nothing she could believe in.
    Jess, her best friend had called her three times this morning.  Ambar had texted Jess last night with three words “He just left me.” though she had not wanted to answer any calls.
    She tried desperately to fall back asleep even though it was almost midday.  She couldn’t. 
    Walking over to the coffee machine, she took her mobile out of her jeans pocket and dialled Jess’s number.
    “Babe” said Jess’s voice on the other end of the phone sympathetically. “What happened?” 
    Ambar burst into tears.
    “It was our anniversary in two weeks.” She sobbed.
    “I thought we were about to get engaged.”
    “I’m coming over.” Said Jess.
    Ambar carried on sobbing and hung up the phone. 
    Jess was a no nonsense businesswoman, having built up a property empire from scratch.  She went through men like knickers, and wore aftershave and very sexy hats.  She had been Ambar’s best friend since school, they had grown up together and their mother’s had been best friends to.  Though they were totally different.  Ambar was soft and