All Chapters of Pregnant by my Ex-Boyfriend’s Father: Chapter 111 - Chapter 113

Aria POVI told myself it wasn’t about love.That was the story I chose. Clean. Practical. Almost convincing.I wasn’t clicking the link because of Alex.I was clicking it because of my child.Because one day, someone would ask questions.Because sincerity mattered more than affection.Because if the man tied to my future had been lying to my face, I deserved to know now. Not later. Not when it was too late to rearrange my life around the truth.At least, that was what I told myself.Still, my finger hesitated.Not fear. Not exactly.Instinct.I closed the browser.I wasn’t doing this here.Not in a borrowed space. Not in a hotel room that still smelled faintly of someone else’s perfume and disinfectant. Not somewhere that didn’t know me.Some truths demanded familiar walls.So I packed.Not carefully. Not thoughtfully. I shoved clothes into my bag, left the knitting half folded, ignored the front desk’s smile as I checked out early. The drive home felt longer than usual. Every red li

Aria POVThe timer rang.Sharp. Insistent. Domestic.I flinched like it had personally offended me.I shuffled to the counter, unscrewed the bottles with hands that felt detached from my body, swallowed my supplements with water that tasted vaguely metallic. Iron. Omega. Prenatal. The little rituals that now punctuated my day whether my world was intact or not.Pregnancy does strange things to time.To anger.To restraint.Because I was this close to calling Alex.This close to dialing his number and letting every word I’d swallowed pour out like acid. I could already hear myself doing it. Voice shaking. Tongue sharp. Saying his name like an insult.I didn’t.Not because I was mature.But because… what would that even do?What the hell.I leaned back against the counter, the weight of it finally settling.That man used me.Played me.Tested me.Like I was a theory.Like I was a variable.Like I wasn’t a human being with a heart and a body and a future growing quietly inside her.A lau