SEX WITH THE VIRGIN MAID novel Chapter 78

Oh God!

Those were the first words that escaped from Hera's lips followed by a tiny gasp as she stared at the test strip in her hands which had visible bold red lines on it. Mariam had bought it for her and had shown her what to do and how to use it. She had wished that what Mariam had told her before was not true but here it was in her hands in plain red.

She was pregnant. She was carrying Bryce's child.

She couldn't help the tears that clouded her vision before dropping off her cheeks like twin rivers. What would she do now? How does she explain this to him? What would he even say about this?

"Hera are you okay in there my child?" Mariam's voice came from outside the door. The more she called out to her, the more she couldn't stop the tears from falling. Bryce would hate her.

"Please come out Hera so that we can figure something out." The older woman pleaded desperately when she heard the subdued sniffs and hiccups that came from inside the bathroom. She didn't need a soothsayer to tell her that the test was positive. She had known all along. The only reason why she asked her to do it was because she wanted her to be sure of it.

She doubted that the sisters at the convent would have educated her on all of these. They might've told her about pregnancy and the rest but she wasn't sure that they went this far otherwise she would've known.

Hera discarded the strip carefully and sluggishly walked out of the bathroom with her shoulders slouched. Her eyes were red from crying too much. Mariam could tell that she was stressed out and didn't know exactly what to say to her to calm her down.

She watched her slowly walk over to the bed before lowering herself on it. "It's positive Mariam just like you said it would."

Mariam took to the empty space next to her and pulled her into a hug. "Have you made a decision yet? Would you tell Bryce about it or not?"

"I can't tell him. Not after everything he had been through." She thought the last part to herself. Mariam definitely wouldn't understand why she was adamant on not telling him.

Bryce had told her about how his dad brutally abused his mother to death and the trauma it had on him after that experience. There was nothing she would say that would sound pleasant to his ears about this. He hates children. He doesn't want to father them and a family is not even something that he had ever considered.

When they were at the convent, she saw how he struggled, how he couldn't let go of the past and if she opened up to him about this then she would be opening up old wounds that he was trying so hard to bury and he might end up hating her for it.

"You know that he's going to find out sooner or later about this right?" Mariam reminded her. "You're pregnant and pregnancy isn't exactly something that you can hide. One day your bump is going to be visible and he will find out. What would you do then?"

"I suggest that you tell him about it and hear what he has to say." Mariam pressed on. "I wouldn't even suggest an abortion to someone like you because i know that it's against your belief so your only option is to let him know." She added.

"And if he ends up hating me? What would i do then?"

"You're underestimating the love Bryce has for you Hera. You changed him and there's no way on earth he would hate you." She comforted her sincerely. "Listen child, Bryce has come a long way since he met you. He is a different person all because of you and you did that. Maybe you should start believing in that love that brought you both this far."

Love? She doesn't even know if he loves her. He had never said it. Not once. She knew that she loved him and she had also accepted that he would never say those words to her. He doesn't believe in it and she had come to terms with it.

"Think about it carefully my child before you make any decision. I'll finish up the soup for you. You still need to eat and so does your baby." She said to her before exiting the bedroom.

The rest of the day went pretty weary for Hera. She had even preferred it when she didn't know that she was pregnant. At least back then, she wasn't this scared and worried about anything.

Now the hardest part was sharing this news with Bryce. A baby is a blessing. That's what the sisters at the convent had always told her but she wasn't feeling it as they said. If anything, it felt like a burden to her because the person who was responsible for it might not want anything to do with it.

At the end of the day when Bryce got back from work, she still hadn't made up her mind yet.

As usual, he had been very warm and even told her how much he had missed her. He definitely wouldn't be saying this if he knew exactly what she was hiding from him. They went over their normal routine of him placing his head on her thighs after he has had his shower. Hera's stomach tied up in knots.