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CHAPTER 24: Just what we want to do

Author: Molly Mae
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CHAPTER 24: Just what we want to do

Lenny had been gone for a while.

I paced the room anxiously, my phone in hand as I was constantly checking the time. From what I learned from the internet, there was a specific time window one had to take the pills before one could be at risk of a possible pregnancy.

The soft thud of my bare feet against the hardwood floor was the only sound in the silent room. My heart was racing—not from the aftermath of what had happened last night, but from what it could result in, and what I was about to do.

Biting anxiously at my nail, I kept glancing at the door, willing it to open with Lenny walking in with the pills. A scared part of me felt like the door might swing open any second, and instead of Lenny—Zachary would walk in, piercing me with those cold eyes, seeing everything. Knowing everything.

I wasn't ready for that.

The knock came softly, and I hurried to open it.

Lenny stood there, holding a small paper bag tightly in her fist. Her face flushed and
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