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chapter thirteen

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The morning had arrived like a whisper, warm and full of promise. The birds outside sang their soft greetings to the sun, and Maya stood in front of the mirror, still barefoot, her white satin robe brushing against the polished tiles. Her heart was fluttering, nervous, hopeful, terrified.

She had felt sick the day before. Upon arrival at the hospital, a couple of tests were run on her and she turned slowly, holding a small white envelope in her trembling hands.

Pregnant.

The result had come back clear. She had read it three times, tears gathering in her eyes each time. It wasn't fear she felt it was joy. A kind of joy she hadn’t known she could still feel after everything: the betrayals, the pressure of her new life in her marriage, and the painful past she had slowly built herself back from.

She was carrying Ray’s child.

Ray the man who had once vowed to protect her, the man whose love she had doubted but had come to believe in again. The man who, just last night, had knelt before he
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