Shelly had considered everything.

She concluded that she could not keep the child and had to keep her pregnancy a secret from her family and colleagues.

"What is it? Do you need money? How much?" Courtney asked.

"No. It's not that. Let's just meet and talk!" Shelly could not bring herself to talk about it over the phone.

"Alright. Are you at the apartment now? I will drop by later."

"Sure."

Forty minutes later, Courtney arrived at the flat, and Shelly was waiting with a home-cooked meal.

Courtney's lips curled into a smile. "Shelly, it's not even time for lunch yet! What's so important that you can't talk about it over the phone? I'm itching to know."

down in a chair

to her. "Courtney, we don't have any mutual friends, and you don't know my family, so you are the only one I could think of to ask," Shelly said seriously. "I'm pregnant, and I want an abortion, but the hospital requires a third party's signature on the

Courtney was stunned.

with Shelly for long, she could tell

sleep

end up pregnant?'

sipped on her water. "How far along are you? I can't even tell

head. "I

So that means you

not want to take responsibility?" Courtney clenched her fists. "Don't be afraid. Tell me his name, and I'll teach him a lesson. I won't

was an accident. He doesn't

you don't want to baby, you need someone to pay for the medical fees, right? Your family's debt hasn't been paid, and you can't just go through this alone!" Courtney said. "You still haven't

he forced himself on me, so I don't want to tell him about this," Shelly whispered in embarrassment. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the Find ɴøᴠel.nᴇt

"I didn't even know that you were that open-minded! Besides

not what you think..." Shelly blushed. "Both he and I aren't the kind of people who have one-night stands... It's complicated. I-Just think of it as me being

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