Chapter 7 Some girl in the crowd raised her hand: "I'm pre-med! Let me check her!" watched this girl run over and start checking Aria's pulse like some expert. The same girl who'd stayed silent when my head was split open and bleeding. After a moment, the girl's face changed. aleb asked anxiously: "How is she?" he girl said uncertainly. "I think... I think she might be pregnant. This feels like the kind of pulse you get with pregnancy." aleb froze, then his face lit up: "Are you serious?" ll the relatives started bombarding her with questions. he girl said: "We should definitely get her to a hospital for proper tests." ight then, the ambulance arrived. ria got loaded up, still "unconscious from shock," and everyone else scattered since the party was obviously over. stood by the front door, stone-cold, and made a phone call: I need you to run a full background check on Aria Johnson-every friend she's had, every guy she's dated. I want EVERY single detail." fter I hung up, a car pulled up to the curb. he bakery owner's face appeared in the driver's window. Sloane, you're hurt. Let me take you to get that patched up." was genuinely surprised. d originally invested in her bakery just because I loved their pastries so much. Ve'd actually become pretty good friends back then. ut after Caleb started making those trips "for me," my relationship with the owner had naturally faded. never would've expected that in this moment, the person stepping up to help would be someone I barely kept in touch with anymore. omething flickered in my eyes. he bakery owner drove me to the hospital, and on the way, she sighed softly. This is partly my fault too. If I'd caught on to what they were doing sooner, there's no way I would've kept her working at my place." shook my head, feeling oddly calm. Cheaters are gonna cheat no matter how hard you try to stop them." Once he gets that idea, you don't fix the situation-you fix him." After getting my head bandaged up, I walked out of the room and heard Caleb screaming at some doctor in the hallway. I don't give a shit how you handle this-Aria and the baby better be perfectly fine!" looked up and locked eyes with Caleb's bloodshot stare. His face was dark as he snarled: If anything happens to that baby, I'll fucking destroy you!" I didn't acknowledge him at all. The next second, my phone buzzed with the info I'd requested. I scrolled through all the evidence laid out in black and white, and let out a little laugh. Perfect timing. 1 hit forward and sent everything straight to Caleb's phone. Then I opened his contact info and deleted him right in front of his face. Caleb's expression changed: "What the hell is this?" I smiled sweetly. "Why don't you take a look?" He opened the encrypted file, and there it was-a paternity test. It showing that the baby Aria was carrying belonged to someone else entirely..