TEN

Every woman has thought about getting pregnant and having a kid at one point in their lives, the same as Cara Green. Young Cara always dreamed of having a relationship like her parents and building a family just as her parents did. She wishes to have a man that looks at her the way, her father looked at her mum and she wants her kid to be happy just as she was. For that dream to come true, she has to be prepared, mentally, physically and emotionally. Although Cara hasn't always worked towards the dream, with many pregnancies scares, the 23-year-old is lucky to not have been pregnant at 17.

She had offered herself to get carry a baby for a stranger a few weeks, and she didn't even understand the gravity until now. Cara is actually pregnant, she has something growing in her.

"What are you going to do?" Cassie walks over to the bed and places the pregnancy test on the nightstand. She then proceeds to sit near Cara who's lost in thought. She places her hand on the side of Cara's face and pushes it on her shoulder. Cara shifts closer to her friend, and put her head in a more comfortable way on her shoulder, as Cassie runs her fingers through her curls.

"I don't know," Cara says honestly, she's yet to fully process the result. "Talk to Xander, I guess."

Maybe she can have a chat with him about the usage of a condom since he obviously lacks the knowledge.

"If it makes you feel better, you have a billion-dollar baby in you." Cassie jokes, nudging her lightly.

"Wow, I feel so much better," Cara says sarcastically as her friend chuckles.

Cara carries her head up, already teary-eyed as she stares at Cassie. Everything is becoming overwhelming, the loss of her mother and this news.

"Hey," Cassie places her hands on both sides of Cara's face, cleaning the tears as it drops from the side of her cheeks. "You are going to be fine." She gives her an assuring smile.

Cara nods, cleaning her tears for herself, cursing the fact that she's acting like a little bitch.

"I already see you as a kick-ass mum." Cassie nudges Cara again this time hard, making her fall on the floor.

"Hey, watch it," Cara points a warning finger at Cassie. "I am pregnant." Cara pouts.

"So you are keeping it?" Cassie smiles widely.

"There isn't even an option." Cara stands up, sitting on the bed again.

"When are you going to tell him?" Cassie asks.

"Someday," Cara groans loudly as she falls on the bed. She doesn't plan on facing him any time soon.

"Get the hell up," Cassie scolds, knowing that if Cara doesn't go today, Xander will never know.

"Not today, I am having a mental break down." Cara whines. Cassie stands, grabs Cara's hands into hers and begins to drag her up.

"You will go see him today." Cassie grunts as she drags the stubborn woman up. Cara struggles out of her grasp but Cassie isn't giving up. Soon, they both fall on the ground, staring at each other face to face.

"Okay, fine," Cara says in defeat.

~~~~

"Sir, your interview starts in a minute." Xander's secretary, Josie, announces as she enters is office.

"I'll be right there." Xander waves her off, barely looking at the girl who touched up her make up just to deliver this message.

"Okay," She maintains her smile as she walks out of the office.

Xander looks at the wall clock at the end of the room and then his Rolex. It's 2pm. He shuts his laptop and picks up his jacket from the rack near his leather chair.

He throws it over his shoulders and wears it, as he walks out of his office. Waiting outside his office is Andre, who's freaking out about the interview.

"Are you going to tell me what you are going to say?" Andre asks, walking alongside Xander towards the conference room.

"Nope, because you might just have a heart attack," Xander mocks.

"So it's not good." And that is enough for Andre to have a heart attack.

"Relax," Xander opens the glassed door of the conference room. "I am not going to sabotage myself." He says as he walks inside.

Andre is still outside the conference room, pacing and chowing down on his fingers. "I need a cup of coffee," Andre says to himself as he walks away.

~~~

Cara walks in through the back door because of the paparazzi waiting at the front. The last time she saw this door, she was being thrown out. Now, everyone in the building is staring at her, but no one can throw her out, all they can do his gossip.

She walks towards the elevator, ignoring the stress as presses the button and walks in. She sets the elevator to the last floor where Xander's office is located and the elevator closes. She closes her eyes, mentally preparing how she will break the news to him.

She walks out of the elevator soon as it is open to her, only to bump into Andre. "Hey," Cara calls out to him.

Andre stops, he looks up at her and a smile breaks out on his face. "You are here," He claps his hands. Cara looks at him weirdly wondering why the man before he is excited about her presence. "Wait a minute; are you in on this too?" Andre accuses.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Cara shakes her head.

Andre's smile freezes, the slowly turns to a frown. "So, Alexander is actually going to make the worst move ever." Ander is back to freaking out.

"What do you mean?" Cara asks, as they both shift away from the elevator side to prevent blocking the way of the person that is coming out of the elevator.

"What are you doing here?" Andre counters her question with his own.

Cara contemplates telling him, this is personal. Andre waits patiently for the curly-haired girl to speak, "Well?"

"I am pregnant." There, she said it.

Andre's face breaks out into a smile as he did earlier, as he can already see a silver lining to salvage the whole issue. "I don't care how that happened." Andre takes her hand, dragging her towards the direction of the conference room. "But you need to stop Xander from spilling."

~~~

"How do you respond to the claims of your Ex-girlfriend, Liza Woods that you cheated on her with your new girlfriend?" The reporter asks.

Calmly, Xander laughs it off, "As I have said, we were already broken up."

"Speaking about your girlfriend, Cara, rumours have been carried, some from Liza, she says and I quote, "It's all an act to make me jealous." How do you address these claims and why haven't we seen you guys together?" The reporter asks, turning on his phone recorder as a backup to his midget. This is the question that he has been waiting to ask as it will result in breaking news.

Cara and Andre both have been listening from outside, gets into an argument as to who is to go in and Xander from answering the question. "Go," André pushes her before she can protest any further.

"Piece of shit," She cusses at Andre before she barges in and interrupts Xander's interview.

Xander cannot hide the shock on his face as his eyes stop on the curly-haired woman. Cara avoids his gaze because his eyes intimidate her and it might throw her off from what she intends to do.

"I had early complications with my pregnancy, I've been resting." Cara lies as instructed by Andre. Xander eyes still on her, wondering what the crazy woman is up to now.

~~~

Xander walks into his office after his interview, with anger and frustration of the girl that ruined his plans to put the all drama behind him. "What the hell was that?" He yells the second he got into his office.

"Hey, nice to see you again," Cara smirks. She almost forgot the thrill of pissing the asshole off.

Cara is lying down on his couch, making herself comfortable which pisses Xander more. She doesn't understand why he is so angry, she saved his butt.

"I am not going to repeat my question again?" Now, he is standing in front of her with a frown on his face. He really is handsome, the lightening of the room is made for him and Cara isn't taking him seriously with the frown because that's also hot.

"Easy, I'm pregnant," Cara says casually. And to say she was nervous to reveal it to him, she's killing it.

Xander scoffs, as he turns around, looks up and then back at her, "Where are the cameras?" He gives her a bored look.

Cara put down her legs, and sits up "I am not joking." She looks up at him.

"I don't have time for this." Xander shakes his head, about to walk away when the petite woman stands up from the chair and rushes to block his movement.

She looks up at him, their eyes lock, "I am serious." She mutters.

Xander freezes for a while trying to read her face, he doesn't want to fall for acts. Let's be honest, she is a good actress. In a blur, Xander grabs her hand and drags her out of the office.

~~~

There they are in Xander's black marbled bathroom, just when Cara thought that there was nothing more beautiful that the bathroom in the guest room, she sees this.

"Seriously, you had to buy ten pregnancy sticks?" Cara rolls her eyes at him as she stares at all he bought in the zinc.

"Yeah, I don't trust you and one cannot be too sure." Xander answers.

"Okay then, Bye." Cara waves him off.

"Oh, I am not leaving." Xander folds his arms as he raises his eyebrows at her.

Cara frowns, "I am not going to pee in front of you."

"I have seen you naked before."

"Yeah but you were drunk." Cara says then suddenly pauses, "You were drunk right, right?" She asks, staring into his eyes like a detective to a suspect.

"Don't flatter yourself." Xander dismisses her.

"I am not going to pee in front of you." Cara stands her ground. "I have a shy vagina." She whispers.

"Oh please." Xander mocks.

Cara's jaw drops, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Fine," He gives up, it's no use arguing with crazy anyway. He walks out of the bathroom.

~~~

Xander has been staring at the pregnancy tests for a while and Cara is getting bored. How hard is it to read "positive"?

Xander has always wanted this and he is yet to believe it's happening. He is filled with emotions but he can't tell which emotion. Xander picks up a stick, "You know I peed on that right?" Cara says, and Xander immediately drops it in the zinc.

Xander turns to her, "How do I know it's mine?"

That question is a huge slap to Cara's face, and it gets her blood boiling but it's nothing new when it comes to the douche. "I don't know who you think I am but if I say it's yours," She pauses, "It's yours."

Now it is Xander's time to read her like a detective would a suspect. "Very well, then." He says. He believes her and he doesn't know why he does.

He walks over to the second zinc, where Cara is standing to wash his hands.

"We follow the previous contract. After nine months, I get the kid and I might throw you a few bonuses depending on how little you annoy me in the following months." Xander turns on the tap, which Cara closes immediately.

"I don't care about your money, this," She points at her stomach. "Is the only family I have and I am going to part of his or her life, whether you like it or not. And brace up, I am going to annoy the hell out of you." Cara smirks, as she turns the tap on.

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