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SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE FIFTY TWO
CAMILLAI didn’t think anxiety could settle into bones.I used to believe it lived in the chest, maybe the throat when it got bad. Something you could breathe through if you tried hard enough. Something that would pass.I was wrong.It lived in my bones now.A quiet, constant hum under my skin that never really stopped. It had been there for a week. Seven long days since August walked out of that room like I hadn’t just cracked something open between us.Seven days since he said he would be back.He lied.I sat on the edge of the couch, my fingers twisting the hem of my shirt, listening to the silence of the penthouse. It felt different without him. Bigger. Colder. Like the walls themselves knew something had shifted.Ama moved around somewhere in the house, her presence steady as always, but even that didn’t fill the emptiness he left behind.I hated that.Hated that I noticed.Hated that I cared.I exhaled slowly, pressing a hand against my stomach without thinking. The gesture had
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE FIFTY ONE
CAMILLA“Oh.”That was all he said.Just one word.And then nothing.Silence filled the room so fast it felt suffocating. I watched his face, waiting for something else. Anything else. A reaction. A denial. A confession. Even anger would have been better than this.But he just stood there.Quiet.Still.Like my words had hit him somewhere deep, somewhere he didn’t know how to reach.My chest tightened.“See?” I said, my voice softer now but still edged with something fragile. “This is exactly what I mean.”He didn’t respond.Didn’t even look away from me.“You marrying me won’t work,” I continued, forcing the words out before I could second guess them. “It doesn’t make sense. None of this does.”Still nothing.I swallowed, my throat dry.“Just… please get out.”That got a reaction.A small one.He exhaled slowly, running a hand over his face like he was trying to gather himself.Then he nodded once.“Fine,” he said quietly. “If that’s what you want.”I scoffed, but it came out weaker
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE FIFTY
AUGUST“Are you mad?”The words came out sharper than I intended, but I didn’t take them back.Camilla’s head snapped up instantly, her eyes blazing through tears that hadn’t fully dried.“Excuse me?”I leaned forward slightly, my jaw tight, my pulse uneven in a way I hated. “Did you hear what you just said?”“I heard myself perfectly,” she shot back. “Maybe you didn’t.”“You want to get rid of my child and you expect me to just sit here and nod?”Her laugh was dry. Bitter. It scraped against my nerves.“Your child?” she repeated. “That’s funny.”My eyes narrowed.“What is that supposed to mean?”“It means,” she said, pushing herself to stand, her voice rising, “that this is not some business deal you can walk into and claim ownership of.”I stood up too, the space between us shrinking instantly.“It’s not just about you either.”“It is about me,” she snapped, pressing a hand to her chest. “It’s my body. My life. My future.”“And that baby is my blood,” I fired back.Her expression ha
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE FORTY NINE
CAMILLAI wasn’t expecting to see him again thIS night.Not after the way he had acted at the hospital. Not after the silence in the car. Not after he dropped me off like I was just another responsibility he needed to check off before moving on with his life.So when the door opened and I saw him standing there, holding flowers like this was normal, like any of this was normal, my breath caught in my throat.For a second, I just stared at him.August.Tall. Controlled. Composed.Like he hadn’t just shattered my world without even trying.Ama shifted beside me, her arms still loosely wrapped around me. I felt her glance between us before she cleared her throat softly.“I’ll… give you both a moment,” she said gently.I didn’t stop her.I couldn’t.She slipped out of the room quietly, closing the door behind her, leaving just the two of us in the heavy silence.I forced myself to stand immediately, my body moving before my mind could catch up.I didn’t know why.Maybe it felt wrong to be
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE FORTY EIGHT
CAMILLAThe water kept running long after I stopped feeling it.It poured over my head, soaked through my clothes, and clung to my skin like it was trying to hold me together. But nothing could. Not right now.I sat on the shower floor with my knees pulled to my chest, my back pressed against the cold tiles, my fingers gripping the fabric of my shirt like it was the only thing keeping me from falling apart completely.I had finally done it.A bitter laugh broke out of me, but it didn’t sound like laughter. It sounded broken. Hollow.Pregnant.The word echoed in my head again, louder this time. Sharper.Pregnant for a man who did not love me.Pregnant for a man who was already promised to someone else.Pregnant for a man whose life was already planned out without me in it.My chest tightened painfully.My life was over.The thought came quietly at first, then louder, until it filled my entire head.Over and over again.I buried my face in my hands, my shoulders shaking as the tears cam
SOLD TO AUGUST CHILDE FORTY SEVEN
AUGUSTI stepped out of the car slowly, my eyes fixed on her.My mother.She stood there like she owned the air I was breathing, her posture stiff, her expression already set in disappointment before I even said a word.For a second, neither of us spoke.Then I shut the car door and faced her fully.“I don’t know what else you were expecting me to say,” I said calmly. “You heard what you heard.”The sound of her hand connecting with my face came fast and sharp.Damn! That was one hard slap.I didn’t move or react, and that amde her angry.The sting spread across my cheek, but it barely registered compared to the tension already building inside me.“You are an embarrassment,” she snapped.Her voice carried the kind of anger that didn’t need to be loud to cut deep. This was not the first time she would call me an embarrassment, so it did not move me.I turned my head slightly back to face her, jaw tight.“I’m not sorry.”Her eyes widened just a fraction.Not because she expected an apol
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