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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….

on me tightened further. “We should probably give them what they want,” he said

familiar yet so foreign at the same time. I hadn’t tasted him since that night together, that night which

buckled just from the intensity of that small contact, and Noah practically had to

and Noah’s baby!” my father’s voice boomed over the noise. “May the little one be blessed

as the toast was made. Noah and I pulled apart again, although his arm remained, steadying me. The room

out of his grasp and making my way to

cool night air was a relief as I stepped outside. I gripped the railing, sucking in a few deep breaths to steady myself. The sounds of the party seemed distant now,


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 should have

was how this would affect the divorce. How

me. I turned to see

you might be

glass gratefully, sipping the bubbly liquid. “Thank you,” I murmured. I hadn’t realized that I had begun

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next to me, his eyes searching my face. “Are you okay? You seemed a bit… weak after the kiss. Is my cologne too strong?

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