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

her a glass of 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 an abortion, but the hospital requires a third

Courtney was stunned.

long, she could tell what kind of

a woman who would sleep

did she end up

don't have a boyfriend, right?" Courtney picked up the glass and sipped on her water. "How far along are you? I can't even tell that you are

bowed her head. "I just got

So that

Does he 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 tell him that

was an accident. He doesn't even know that I'm

to pay for the medical fees,

him. Besides, it's not like he forced himself on me, so I don't want to tell him about this," Shelly whispered in embarrassment. S~ᴇaʀᴄh

him? Was it a one-night stand?" Courtney scratched her head. "I didn't

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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