---The penthouse door locked behind me with a _click_ that sounded like a prison sentence. Biometric. Steel core. Adrian’s thumbprint only. “Welcome home,” he said. Home. Right. Home had a view of Central Park, a kitchen bigger than my whole apartment in Queens, and four men in black suits stationed at every exit. Not home. Cage. Gilded, expensive, terrifying cage. “I’m not staying here,” I said. My voice echoed in the marble foyer. “You can’t keep me here.” Adrian set the pregnancy test on the glass coffee table. Like it was art. Like it was proof. “I can. I did.” He nodded to one of the guards. The man stepped forward and held out his hand. “Phone,” the guard said. I clutched it to my chest. “No. That’s mine.” Adrian didn’t look at me. He was opening a bottle of water, testing the seal, then handing it to me. “No outside contact until Dr. Levinson clears you. Stress is bad for the baby.” _For the baby._ Not for me. For the baby. “Adrian, please.” I backed up
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