“Of course I’m not!” he heard Andrea say. “He used protection. - - - Oh, this whole situation is so easy. He set himself up for this one by sleeping with the reporter. - - - This should buy me some time with him. If he thinks I’m pregnant, he isn’t gonna leave me. He’s too much of a wuss to do that. I still can’t believe he cheated on me. I thought he worshiped me! Besides, he’s too much of a goody two shoes to cheat on his girlfriend. - - - Yeah, I’ll just tell him I got an abortion. By then, things will be back to normal and he won’t wanna leave me for that little bitch. - - - Okay, I’ll call you later. Bye!”
He heard the click as she closed the cover on her cell phone. That was quite enough. He bolted around the corner and spun her around to face him. “So I’m too much of a wuss to leave a pregnant girl, huh?”
“Nick? You heard me? Let me explain.”
He crossed his arms over his chest and waited.
“I care about you so much, Nicky, and I didn’t wanna lose you. I couldn’t just sit there and watch you leave me,” she bawled. Surely turning on the waterworks would work.
Unfortunately for her, it didn’t. “Give me a break, Andrea. Is that the best excuse you could come up with?”
“It’s true, Nicky!”
“You know, because of you, the woman I love hates me. She won’t even talk to me because she thinks I chose you over her. How could you be so heartless?”
“Nick, I’m sorry, please give me another chance!” she wailed.
“No, Andrea, that’s the end. I can’t believe you. You’re absolutely disgusting.”
He began to walk away. Realizing things with him were over, she grabbed his shoulder and spun him around. “You know I wasn’t with you because I loved you, right?”
“What?”
“I was only with you for the money, and I certainly sucked a lot of that out of you.”
“You know what? At this point, I really don’t care. I know what the real you is like from that phone call, so it’s no surprise to me.”
“Go ahead and date that slut! You’ll be sorry you left me, Nickolas Carter!” she growled.
“Whatever, psycho bitch,” he muttered under his breath as he went back to his room. He’d let Liz cool off a little bit before going to talk to her. He didn’t suspect she was too happy with him at the moment.