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The Dreaded Question

Author: Kabirat Aleem
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-30 18:06:19

Athena looked back at him, and the look in her eyes made Raymond swallow hard as he responded to her unspoken question, “I can believe. I want to, Athena. But then I need you to do something for me, please.”

“What?” she asked suspiciously. Then her eyes narrowed before he responded. “I am not leaving her side.”

“Of course not. I won't ask that of you,” he responded immediately, then added, “I just need you to eat something, Athena. It is not healthy that you refused to take anything at all since morning. Think of the pup. Even Zaya wouldn't want you to harm yourself while trying to save her.”

Her hand went to her stomach as if she just remembered that it is bulging with a life that could be affected if she neglected her body.

Then she nodded almost to herself, “I will eat something, but I am not leaving her.”

“Deal,” Raymond accepted and supervised the meal himself.

He was back to the room as soon as possible, where Athena was trying to bring Zaya back again while speaking to
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