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Chapter 60

Author: Keyboard Warrior
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-12-14 01:35:10

“I want to make sure this baby is mine before deciding anything.”

For a moment, she forgot how to breathe.

'That..... that was his first reaction after learning I'm pregnant.'

Her lips parted in disbelief, a faint and humorless scoff escaping her. She turned her face away, unable to bear the sight of him. Ethan, however, didn’t spare her a second glance. His jaw clenched continuously as if he were chewing on a thousand ugly thoughts.

She turned back to him, eyes burning.

She almost laughed, an
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