CHAPTER 23

Elijah’s POV

My eyes widened in alarm. I felt my heart plummeting to the ground just as I heard my breaths coming in short and raspy.

“Don’t you remember what you said last night, Elijah?” Serena asked, looking anxious.

“I, uh…” My mind was a complete blank. I was so drunk last night that I couldn’t remember what had happened when I went to Sophia’s apartment. But I was pretty sure that we hadn’t talked about anything of that sort. “I don’t remember, but I know that Sophia would never do something like that. If she really said it, then she was probably just making it up or exaggerating to drive me away!”

“Well, it didn’t seem like it,” Serena responded casually. “I don’t think a woman can joke about something like that. And you know that Sophia’s not the type to drop empty threats. Besides, she already lost her baby once so perhaps it doesn’t really matter to her anymore, especially if it’s your child.”

Her words made my heart ache. It made me remember how Sophia and I met at the uni