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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….

them what they want,” he said softly, turning to me. “Just a

lips brushing mine gently. The sensation was overwhelming, so familiar yet so foreign at the same time. I hadn’t tasted him since that night together, that night which felt so long ago

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

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

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

need a minute,” I whispered to Noah, slipping out

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, muffled by the glass doors behind me. I started to feel better, if only a


been up there with my father, excitedly announcing my long–awaited pregnancy to the world. An heir

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

turned to see him holding out a glass of

you might be

liquid. “Thank you,” I murmured. I hadn’t realized that I had begun to feel a bit

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seemed a bit… weak after the kiss. Is my cologne

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