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Step Down or What?

Penulis: Jojo
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-05-30 16:40:16

Louis’ POV

I was pacing. Back and forth. Over and over again. The silence of my room was loud, too loud, filled only with the sharp sound of my bare feet hitting the hardwood floor. My thoughts were a mess, tangled in knots I couldn’t undo. Erica. Evelyn’s stepsister. Her name kept echoing in my head like a haunting melody I couldn’t mute.

I should’ve felt guilt. I should’ve felt disgust. But mostly, I felt... confusion. Those nights werent supposed to mean anything.

And I was certain, absolutely fucking certain, I was infertile. The doctor said it. Years ago. "There’s nothing to worry about," he’d told me. “You’re not capable of producing a child.” It was stamped into my brain like a tattoo I never asked for.

So, why did this sudden fear feel like it had claws? Why was my chest tight, and why did my palms feel clammy with anxiety? I wasn’t supposed to feel anything. Not for Erica. Not even curiosity.

But I did. I felt something. A flicker of something I couldn’t name, and it made m
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