Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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I trusted Lena completely.

"Don't worry. I've seen your ultrasound-the baby's fine," Lena said, her lips curving into the faintest smile, Even that small reassurance made me feel a little more grounded.

"You have to help me keep this baby," I said, my voice cracking.

"I know," she replied, her tone teasing as she added, "This is your love child with Hayden, after all."

Jace turned away at that, but not fast enough to hide the flicker of loneliness on his face.

Our tangled history had unraveled a long time ago-at least for me. Jace claimed he'd moved on, but moments like this made it clear he hadn't completely.

Thanks to Lena, I got admitted to a hospital room-not her office, but a proper VIP suite.

I finally had space to think about something else. "What's the deal with

That explained

quietly. She looked calm as always, but there was something off-her face was slightly

knew it hadn't been easy. Nate had been her first love, her inspiration for becoming a doctor. Losing that connection... yeah, I understood how much that hurt. But I didn't say anything. Some wounds weren't meant

your boss and file a

deserves it," Lena replied, not even pretending to feel

made me laugh. "You're as sharp as ever. Tough as

just gets you stabbed in the back. I'm not an idiot," she said, peeling

flavor snapped me awake in the

not even sour," I

she replied flatly, raising an eyebrow. "You didn't even

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track of your cycles? Craving sour foods, nausea-didn't any of

was-the

been dealing with. Where was I supposed to

went off grid, my life's been a complete mess. No sleep, no focus, no sense of time. Every ache and pain? I just blamed it on stress. Pregnancy? Yeah, that didn't even make