All Chapters of Her Resolve: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

Lauren POV The words he just said don’t leave me immediately. They linger. Echoing in my head like something I didn’t prepare myself to hear—even though I should have. He saw me. With Ethan. And he believed… that was it. That I had moved on. I stand there for a second, staring at him, my chest rising and falling unevenly as everything begins to settle into place. Of course, he thought that. Of course he did. From the outside, it must have looked exactly like that. A pregnant woman. With another man. Smiling. Living. Breathing. Like she hadn’t just walked away from her marriage. I swallow hard, my throat tight. “You got it all wrong…” I say finally, my voice softer now, but firm. He doesn’t respond. He just watches me. Carefully. Like he doesn’t want to believe me too quickly this time. “Ethan is my friend,” I continue. “Nothing more.” His brows pull together slightly. Suspicion. Doubt. But also… curiosity. “He’s the one who helped me when I got to New Zeal

Lauren POV I woke up slowly… Not abruptly. Not startled. But gently, like my body didn’t want to leave whatever peace it had finally found. The first thing I noticed was the warmth. Not just warmth… him. A steady, solid heat pressed against my back, wrapping around me like a shield. One arm was draped securely over my waist, his hand resting right on my tummy, firm, protective, almost possessive. I didn’t move immediately. I just lay there… feeling it. His breath fanned softly against the back of my neck. Slow. Even. Deep. He was still asleep. For a moment, I just closed my eyes again, letting myself sink into it. Because this… This was something I hadn’t felt in months. Peace. Real, quiet, uninterrupted peace. Eventually, I op

Andre’s POV Everything happened too fast. And yet… Too slow. One second I had her. My hands locked around Julia’s arms, dragging her off Lauren with everything in me. And the next, This got out of control. Not like it was in control but.…… Shit got worse. I saw it happening but fuckkk!!!! Lauren’s body slipped. She lost her footing trying to release herself from Julia's tight fucking satanic grip. “Lauren—!” I reached for her. I swear I did. My fingers brushed her arm, Just barely...... But I wasn’t fast enough. Her body went down.

LAUREN’S POV The ride back from the hospital felt different from the one that brought us there. This time, there were no sirens, no panic, no desperate prayers whispered under shaky breaths. Just quiet. A heavy, careful kind of quiet that wrapped around us like something fragile. I sat in the passenger seat, slightly reclined, one hand resting on my belly while the other stayed loosely on my lap, and every few seconds—without fail—Dre would glance at me. Not casually. Not absentmindedly. But intentionally. Like he needed to see me to believe I was okay. “Are you comfortable?” he asked again, his voice softer than I had ever heard it. I turned my head slightly to look at him, a small smile tugging at my lips despite everything. “Dre… you’ve asked me that five times already.” “And I’ll ask five more,” he replied without missing a beat, his grip tightening slightly on the steering wheel. I didn’t argue. Because I understood. ⸻ By the time we got to the penthou

LAUREN’S POV A week later, and for the first time in what feels like forever, life has finally settled into something soft and steady. Not the kind of quiet that makes you anxious, waiting for the next disaster to strike, but the kind that wraps around you gently and lets you breathe without fear. I wake up every morning without that tight knot in my chest, without the constant anticipation that something is about to go wrong, and that alone feels like a luxury I didn’t realize I had been deprived of for so long. Physically, I am so much better now. The pain from the fall is completely gone, replaced by a slight heaviness that comes naturally with pregnancy. I can move around without wincing, sleep without constantly adjusting to find a comfortable position, and most importantly, I no longer feel fragile because of the pain. But I felt all these things because my due date was nearing. Emotionally, I feel st