CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Ivy's POV

I clutch my purse, the ultrasound photo burning a hole inside it, as I step off the elevator into Allesio's sleek office tower. My heart's hammering-half from nerves, half from the secret I'm about to spill. Pregnant. Three tiny lives are growing inside me. I've got to tell him, no matter how cold he's been. Maybe this changes things. Maybe he'll-

"Miss Russo?" The receptionist's voice snaps me out of it. She's all sharp edges, her eyes scanning me like I'm an ...