(Adrian) I tried to rest. After leaving the clinic, I drove straight back to the penthouse instead of returning to the office. My body was screaming for a break. The nausea had been manageable earlier, but the confirmation — two months and three weeks — had turned it into something sharper, more personal. I collapsed onto the couch in the living room, shoes still on, jacket tossed aside, and closed my eyes. The city hummed far below the glass walls, indifferent as always. For ten blessed minutes, the sickness stayed quiet. Then it struck harder than it ever had. It came like a tidal wave — no warning, no gradual build. One second I was breathing steadily, the next my stomach convulsed so violently I barely made it to the bathroom before I was on my knees, retching with nothing left to give. My entire body shook. Sweat poured down my back. I gripped the edge of the toilet, gasping between heaves, tears burning at the corners of my eyes. This wasn’t just nausea anymore.
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