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Hannah

I felt the blood drain from my face as my father’s words echoed through the ballroom. He shouldn’t have announced that here, not without my permission. This was my news to share, on my terms, when I was ready.

But now everyone was looking at Noah and me, applauding and cheering and shouting their congratulations, and I had to plaster that damn smile on my face. The room spun slightly from it all, and I felt Noah’s arm tighten around my waist.

“It’s okay,” he murmured in my ear. “He’s just excited, and wasn’t thinking.”

I nodded stiffly, knowing that he was right; my father was just happy to be having a second grandchild, and he didn’t mean any harm. Would he be making this announcement if he knew that Noah and I planned to divorce, though?

I thought it was over, but it wasn’t. “Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!” the crowd began to chant.

Oh, Goddess. Here we go….

said softly, turning to

his lips brushing mine gently. The sensation was overwhelming, so familiar yet so foreign

from the intensity of that small contact, and Noah practically had to hold me upright as the crowd

voice boomed over the

and I pulled apart again, although his arm remained, steadying me. The room suddenly felt too hot,

slipping out of

sucking in a few deep breaths to steady myself. The sounds of the party seemed distant now, muffled by the glass doors behind me. I started to feel better, if only a


I should have been up there with my father, excitedly announcing my long–awaited pregnancy to the world. An heir to Nightcrest, finally, after all these years… The news would quickly spread. Dammit, I

how this would affect the divorce.

turned

might

hadn’t realized that I had

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“Are you okay? You seemed a bit… weak after the kiss. Is my cologne too strong? I

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