Out of Ashes Into His Heart

Tom noticed the intense look in my eyes and smiled.

With one hand on the steering wheel, he smoothly turned the car right and glanced at me after making the turn. "Mandy is pregnant."

I was stunned, my mouth falling open.

Mandy was pregnant?

"Who's the father?"

He chuckled. "It's probably not Gavin's. Didn't you just say he has a low sperm count?"

I instinctively parted my lips, about to mention that I was pregnant too.

But I swallowed the words before they left my mouth.

"What's wrong? Were you going to say something?" Tom seemed to notice I

hesitated, turning to look at me.

"No. I'm just shocked."

I didn't want too many people to know about the pregnancy.

Since I was getting a divorce from Gavin, the baby couldn't stay.

The abortion would have to happen sooner or later.

So, the fewer people who knew, the better.

I didn't want to cause any complications.

Tom pursed his lips and studied me for a moment. I felt his gaze, and he had already shifted his attention when I looked up.

"The child is most likely Mandy's ex-husband's," he analyzed.

I nodded in agreement. That was my guess as well.

But since Mandy wanted to reconcile with Gavin, she couldn't keep the child.noveldrama

As I was lost in thought, my phone vibrated in my pocket. I looked at the caller ID Gavin.

Without thinking, I hung up immediately.

However, he seemed determined to get through. His calls kept coming in, one after another.

"Give it to me."

A hand, long and slender, reached toward me.

I instinctively turned my head, meeting his dark, piercing gaze. Behind his usual

careless demeanor, something sharper and colder remained.

Without thinking, I handed over the phone.

Before I realized it, Tom had already pressed the answer button.

"Grace, have you lost your mind? How could you just leave me to Mandy? Do you

even know what you've done? You-"

"Gavin," Tom casually interrupted.

Hearing Tom speak his name, Gavin, on the other end, was silenced as if someone had pressed the pause button. There was a long silence.

"Tom?"

After what felt like an eternity, Gavin finally spoke again, his voice dripping with resentment. "How dare you answer Grace's call?"

Since Tom had the phone on speaker, I could clearly hear Gavin's furious voice. Their tension was palpable and charged with hostility.

For a moment, I was lost in thought. There was a time when these two had been on the same team, playing ball together, dominating the court, and celebrating every victory with high-fives, radiating confidence and power.

But now, things had completely changed.

Tom's voice remained slow and steady, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the steering wheel. "What do you think?"

Gavin roared like an enraged lion. "Tom, Grace and I haven't gotten divorced yet! She's still my wife! Even if I've wronged her in the past, that's between us. You have no right to interfere! 'll warn you one last time-stay away from her!"

Tom chuckled lightly, his voice still calm. "What if I don't?"

"Tom White!"