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Chapter Forty Five

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SERENA

"Well, that wasn't a complete disaster, was it?" Adrian sighed as soon as we hopped into the car. The gala had just wrapped up, and my eyes were already closing on their own. It was almost midnight, and I had a sneaking suspicion that I was going to end up passing out in the car.

“Mhmm,” I muttered, turning over and trying to pull up my feet while Adrian turned up the heat. It was uncomfortable though, because I felt like I was squishing the baby up too tight by having my feet up. So I had to keep my feet down and wrap my arms around myself tightly.

“Hey,” Adrian said. “What’s wrong? You seem like something’s bothering you.”

“I’m just tired,” I replied. “I’m trying so hard to stay awake actually.”

“Serena, you know you can sleep if you want to, right?” he said. “You’ve had a long day.”

“But who’s going to keep you company?” I murmured, spreading melting into the seat even though I was desperately trying to keep my eyes open.

“I’ll be fine,” he said, taking my hand in his, th
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