Chapter 11 The clink of the plate against the countertop seemed deafening in the sudden silence that had fallen after Nikolas's startling announcement. He watched her, his expression unreadable, as she stared at the offering of toast. It was such a mundane gesture, so utterly at odds with the extraordinary nature of his words. The warmth of the bread might have been comforting under different circumstances, but now it felt like a cruel mockery of normalcy. Her mind reeled, trying to reconcile the casual way he held the plate with the seismic shift he had just proposed in her life. A stranger. Marriage. The words echoed in the sudden void where her thoughts used to be coherent.“You should eat, you were sick and did not have anything for the last twelve hours. It is not good for your health and the baby’s.”
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