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CHAPTER 025

Author: Ammund
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-29 18:49:47

AVA'S POV

The question echoed in my head, and for a moment, I felt like the ground should just open up beneath my feet and swallow me whole.

I couldn’t think, couldn’t breathe. My heart hammered so loudly in my chest that I thought it might burst.

I tried to steady myself, to pull it together, but panic surged through me. My hand was on my stomach, and I could feel the small flutter of life growing inside.

It was real. But I couldn’t let anyone know. Not now. Not like this.

“Are you pregnant?” Evelyn repeated, her voice calm but firm.

“No,” I said quickly, maybe too quickly.

My heart pounded so loudly, that I was sure everyone at the table could hear it.

The lie felt horrible in my mouth, and I felt bad for denying my unborn child.

But what could I do? I couldn't reveal the news to them because Jason might try to take the child away from me once I asked him for a divorce.

He was wealthy so he could easily beat me in court if I tried to sue him.

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