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."

in a chair and stared at

water and sat down next 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

Courtney was stunned.

with Shelly for long, she could tell what kind of

a woman who would sleep around, nor did she have

she end

and sipped on her water. "How far

her head. "I

So that means

you bring a man home. Who's the dad? Does he not want to take responsibility?" Courtney clenched her fists. "Don't

an accident. He doesn't even know

Even if 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

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

stand?" Courtney scratched her head. "I didn't even know that you were that

who have one-night stands... It's complicated. I-Just think of it as me being

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