1.) The test
ROSE POV
Why I put myself in these situations, I'll never know. Lissa will just have to wait a few more minutes before I find out.
Rose, Lissa says in my head. Please? I really need to talk to you.
I walked out of the bathroom with the little white stick in my hands. I didn't want to look at it, because that would be confirming my suspicions.
"What does it say?" She asked from her perch on the bed.
I tossed her the little stick, and she wasn't surprised at the results.
"We're about to have a confused Ivashkov," Lissa said, teeth shut.
"No, Liss. He doesn't know. I don't want him to know. He can't... It would ruin him."
"So, you're saying he doesn't deserve to know that you're carrying his child?"
"No. I'm saying he'd try to do the 'right thing' and I couldn't do that to anybody. He's engaged to Laura, he doesn't want me."
"Lies!"
"What?"
"He's always wanted you! Ever since he first met you at the ski lodge, Rose! He's only with Laura because you said no!"
I looked down and shook my head, muttering, "It can't be true" , and then the
Ivashkov in question knocked at the door.
AIDRIAN POV
I was going to visit Rose when I heard her and Lissa shouting at each other.
"So, you're saying he doesn't deserve to know that you're carrying his child?" Lissa sounded upset.
"No. I'm saying he'd try to do the 'right thing' and I couldn't do that to anybody. He's engaged to Laura, he doesn't want me." Rose was whispering, I could hear the pain in her voice.
"Lies!" Lissa yelled at her.
"What?"Rose asked.
"He's always wanted you! Ever since he first met you at the ski lodge, Rose! He's only with Laura because you said no!"
I waited a moment before I knocked at the door.
