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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….

me tightened further. “We should probably give them what they want,” he said softly, turning to me. “Just a quick

to speak at that moment. Noah leaned in, his lips brushing mine gently. The sensation was overwhelming, so familiar yet so foreign at the same time. I

that small contact, and Noah practically had to hold

over the noise. “May the little one be blessed with health and

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

whispered to Noah, slipping out of his grasp and making my

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


pregnancy to the world. An heir to Nightcrest, finally, after all these years… The news would quickly

think about was how this would affect the divorce. How it

came from beside me. I turned to see him holding out a glass of

might

the bubbly liquid. “Thank you,” I murmured. I hadn’t realized that I had begun to feel a bit nauseous during the ordeal, but I

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bit… weak after the kiss. Is my cologne too strong? I can stop using it if

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