Gently caressing her belly, she stepped out slowly.

Though only two hours had passed since they last saw each other, she felt as though they were already strangers.

Her lips trembled, wanting to tell him about the pregnancy.

But Mark spoke first.

He bypassed her and settled onto the sofa, his slender fingers gently tracing the armrest.

It seemed like he struggled to find the right words before finally saying, “You’ve seen it, Cecilia.

It’s dangerous to be with me.

She wanted to declare that she wasn’t afraid of danger or challenges.

Mark looked at her, smiling, and inquired, “What can you do for me if you stay? Can you bleed for me like Cathy? Cecilia, what I desire is someone like Cathy, not a little baby like you who can only cry.

“Do you

admire her,”

his trousers, he calmly

the one responsible for

Do you comprehend?”

those words, he was urging her to return

she failed to grasp

then said with a cruel smile slowly forming, “It appears you don’t

I admire women like

can only be an amusement

neither an easy nor tranquil life, do you

a harsh voice, he declared, “You know

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words,

She thought she understood.

enough for him to let go of what he already

valued fame and power and she wasn’t

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