hone pressed to my ear like it was

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he urge to snap. It wasn't that simple.

if it's Declan's or Jordan's, and I'm not about to drag either of them into this until I have

ter this time. "But you will have to tell them eventually. Secrets have a w

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m room, waiting for the confirmation that I was pregnant with a life I wasn't sure how to explain to anyone. I kept m

reassuring smile. "Lila, we're going to take ca

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was. I could feel the rage

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ll, imposing, his jaw clenched so tightl

past me as he stormed into the apar

face me, his eyes wild. "What did you do? Why were

aid, trying to push past him. I couldn't let him get to m

me. You think you can just walk into a doctor's office with

acid, cutting deeper

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, but I pushed him away, instinctively. "No.

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voice low, filled with somethi

ung between us

The uncertainty felt like it was suffo

yet. And the longer I looked at him, th

y heart aching at the weight

he seemed to deflate, his shoulders sagging as he turned away, pacing the small sp

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sted, but they were true. Th

to me, his face unreadable. "You think

twisting. "This isn't about

nothing but silence, the ai

voice barely a whisper. "We're no

he was gone, slammin

ound beneath me had split open, and I w