All Chapters of Pregnant with the Wrong Man’s Child: Chapter 31 - Chapter 32

When I woke up again, everything hurt. My head throbbed like someone had driven nails into it, and my throat felt dry, as if I had been screaming for hours. At first, I didn’t remember where I was or what had happened. I thought maybe I was back at the mansion, that the chaos of the wedding had just been some strange nightmare. But then I opened my eyes, and the truth crashed down hard. The room was dark and cold. The air smelled damp, like old cement and mildew. There was a single bulb hanging from the ceiling, flickering weakly, throwing uneven light across cracked grey walls. The floor was rough concrete, and beneath me was a thin mattress, barely enough to cushion my body. My wrists were tied together with coarse rope, and my ankles itched where the same rope had rubbed my skin raw. It took me a full minute to process everything. The last thing I remembered was standing near the window, the strange smell of something sweet, and a hand covering my mouth. Then—nothing. My heart