A Ruling Passion – Chapter 0956

Arianne flashed Tiffany a weirded-out expression. “Okay, what are you talking about, Tiffie? Did you skip sleep last night and are now trippin’?”

Tiffany rolled her eyes. “What I’m talking about is the truth, hon! If we count the dates, I actually got pregnant waaay before Tanya! Ha! Okay, okay, so, yesterday, I was like, hey, I haven’t gotten any visit from Aunt Flo. And so I went to do a body checkup and bingo! I hit the jackpot, I hit the goddamned jackpot! Holy hell, I was praying left and right, every day, so that I could finally bear a child, but nothing worked. And now, I have my child after Jackson and I are over... Like, am I supposed to be pleasantly surprised, or should I be like, a bit more mortified?”

Arianne became quiet. “On one hand, news of Eric’s suffering has just broken to us. On the other, you’re eagerly telling me one of the best news ever. It’s making my head spin. I don’t know if I should feel sad or happy... So, what do you plan to do? Get back together with Jackson? He doesn’t know about this yet, does he?”

Tiffany was herself conflicted with her next plan. “I... kinda don’t know what to do yet? I mean, I’ll probably talk to him about this after Eric’s sad news comes to pass, and then I’ll gauge how he feels about this. Either way, we should probably keep this secret to ourselves right now. Yeah, that includes you, man. Don’t accidentally let it slip!” she said before adding, “Oh, by the way, imma go out for lunch with a friend, so I’m not going to the Tremont Estate with you later, ok? Take care of yourself.”

“Alejandro?” Arianne followed up instantly.