Chapter 0250

Hannah

A few days had passed since the incident at the waterfall, and life was slowly starting to return to some semblance of normalcy. Well, as normal as it could be with Noah insisting that I had to stay by his side at

all times.

It was both comforting and suffocating, but I understood his concern. And I would have been lying if I had said that a part of me, no matter how small, was flattered that he cared enough to keep me close to him over the coming days.

Eventually, the sling was removed from Noah’s arm and his shoulder was healed. My scrapes and bruises healed too, although the terror of what had happened still plagued me; I kept waking up at night in a cold sweat, having dreamed about Jake and his men throwing me over the waterfall.

But of course, I didn’t tell Noah that. In fact, I didn’t tell him much of anything. Nor did I tell him about the pregnancy, although I knew I should.

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to. It was just that, every time I tried, I just… couldn’t do it. Maybe I was too

scared.

As we sat at the breakfast table one morning, the room was silent save for the occasional clinking of cutlery.

coffee, glancing out the window at the flowers in the garden. Spring was finally here, and I was glad for it a fresh start,

campaign was getting close. My mind had been stuck on it for days now, thinking of how best to end the campaign with a

three weeks after the campaign ended, our divorce would come. And despite everything, our love had long since died out; I couldn’t stay married to him, even though

“Hannah?”

of Noah’s voice pulled me out of my deep

muttered.

a little closer to me. “I was asking if


grabbed the little pitcher and poured it into my coffee.

be thinking deeply,” he

blinked again, a bit taken aback by his perceptiveness. Just because we had spent the bulk of the past

thinking about the end of my eating disorder campaign. It’s

butter his toast. “Do you have anything special

a charity gala. With the facility almost ready

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to raise one last burst of funds

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