Rosella's POV I kept my eyes closed and forced my breathing into a slow, even rhythm, even as my heart slammed against my ribs hard enough that I was certain Leo could hear it from across the room. The receipt. He had found the hospital receipt. Terror moved through me in waves, cold and then hot, and I lay perfectly still beneath the covers, every muscle locked, listening for the smallest shift in the air that would tell me he was closer. How much does he know. The pregnancy tests. The doctor. Every single thing I have spent weeks trying to bury. I heard him cross the room. The floor did not creak under his weight, because Leo never made a sound he did not intend to make, but I felt the change in the room the way a deer feels a shadow pass overhead. Fabric shifted. Paper, thin and crisp, slid against fabric. He was putting something into his pocket. Then nothing. No sigh, no whispered curse, no accusation thrown at my sleeping form. Just the soft click of the bedroom door closi
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