He gave a laugh, let out a sigh and tugged at his wrinkled collar. “This was all for Phillips’s. Don’t you also want our child to be born into a better place? Mr. Landers agreed and if you had come just a second earlier, that piece of land in the south city would already be ours.”
I listened to his smooth lies, as if today’s mess was only because I had been late, as if he and Maya had been the ones fighting for Phillips’s.
“It’s true, I was blind.” I turned to the other man in the wager, whose amused face suddenly froze.
I spoke quietly, “Mr. Landers, we accept the loss. Let’s carry out the real bet now.”
With Carlos’s shocked eyes on me, I dragged Maya over and forced her to the ground.
“Hannah! She’s pregnant!”
His large hands pressed down on my shoulders. I paused before pressing my fist against my stomach.
I smiled at Carlo. “Do you want my unborn child, or hers?”
The weight on my shoulders eased as he let go, his hands falling away while he stepped aside with a blank face. I pressed harder until a dull ache spread through my belly, then rose slowly to my feet.