Chapter 18

Emma’s POV

My head was still reeling from what had just happened. I was angry and jealous and didn’t even have the time to deny it. First, he had brought her in to be our wedding planner, then had the guts to defend her. It annoyed me the most when he said I was making a big deal out of nothing.

Nothing, my ass!

Did I ask to get pregnant? No. Did I ask for the wedding? No. He got me pregnant, he wanted the wedding, and the least he could do was respect me. I stormed down the stairs angrily, I needed to get out of this house. Any moment here, I felt I would suffocate to death.

Maybe I was overreacting; maybe I shouldn’t have stormed out, Gideon and I had been getting along well, and now – whenever I think of Ciara, it just seems to fuel my anger more.

“Miss?”

“What?” I shouted angrily as I spun around to see who had called my name. It was Stephan. He looked taken aback, startled by my outburst. “Oh, sorry, I thought it was someone else.” I gave a n