Chapter 130 Flora POV Few days Later I sat in Nicolas's study, the quiet almost suffocating. The fire snapped and crackled in the hearth, but its warmth did nothing to soothe the icy weight pressing against my chest. My hands rested over my stomach, protective and instinctive, as though I could shield the small, fragile life that had only just begun inside me. When the door opened, Nicolas stepped in, tall and commanding, the kind of presence that always seemed to swallow a room whole. My pulse quickened. He had no idea what I was about to say, and yet my body trembled like prey before a predator. "Nicolas," I began, rising to my feet, my voice unsteady. "I need to tell you something important." He glanced at me, distracted, his mind clearly elsewhere. "What is it?" I had rehearsed this moment over and over, whispering into my pillow at night, imagining him smiling, proud, even
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