The Pregnant Luna He Chose To Ignore

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erely an invasion anymore; i

hung on the rack by the door, arrogantly displacing mine to the floor. Her voice e

ridiculous expanse of mahogany, stretching out li

tal motions. Victoria sat to his right, her chair pulled so

he crimson liquid in her glass. "Those hydrangeas are dreadfu

ed mechanically. "Whatever you wan

en glance in

ed them with my own hands three years ago, digging in

toria asked, her eyes glinting wi

rimace of pain that shot through my lower back

ng sympathy. "Marcus used to say that a w

ttered violently

apon. It was the morbid tether that bonded them-a shar

oom before I could hear Dami

back shifted. It coiled around

d been exiled to months ago-trying t

r creak

tted onesies under a pillow just as

f his shirt was undone, his tie hanging loose like a noose. He s

said. It wasn't an accusatio

t hungry

on his breath, clashing nauseatingly with the lingering,

gers were warm, and for a split second, my body betrayed my mind. A shive

p seized my uterus

ing over, clutc

s voice sharpene

y from him as if he were the sour

f confusion and suspicion. He reached

rising too quickly in my

ked at the screen, and his expression softene

rning toward the door. "She's having

okay. He chose a panic attack about paint sw

he contraction to pass. When my br

night

en careless in my haste. And

in. Damien had come

anded on t

the name out loud. "Elena Sterling." Then he loo

sucked out

ibrating with a dangerous frequency. "Plann

to keep my legs from buckling.

front. "You think you can just leave? You repr

id, my voice shaking but cle

ack onto the table dismissively. "Cancel the flight.

aid, my voice turning cold. "My life

tight. "Everything you do ha

e shrieked from down the

im. He looked at me, then at the door

an. He ra

ers had left red marks. I picked

travel document. I stared at the

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e had stopped me. But all he had done was