"Some intern assistant faints from a little smoke, and suddenly he's playing full-time nurse?"
"Sylvia always acted so quiet and harmless. Turns out she's completely shameless. Don't tell me Mr. Henson actually fell for that little homewrecker?"
Close friends reached out too, worried, asking what I planned to do. Whether I should try talking sense into Eugene.
"You two have ten years of history together. You built everything side by side. Don't let some outsider waltz in and steal what's yours."
"He's probably just infatuated with something new. It'll pass once the novelty wears off..."
Even my parents called to ask what I intended to do.
"Our daughter doesn't need to suffer this kind of humiliation for the sake of a business alliance."
I kept my voice steady.
"I'll break off the engagement. But I'm not going to make it easy for him. The Hensons will come to me with a full apology and enough compensation to match. They'll be the ones begging for my forgiveness."
As for our baby...
I pressed my hand against my stomach, ache and longing warring inside me.
I knew I should terminate the pregnancy and sever every last tie to Eugene Henson.