Chapter 0087

In Valeria, several miles away from Florentia, events were unfolding that would change everything.

Alexia had officially signed her termination papers but remained calm, confident that Maximus would visit her soon. She was certain he’d have a good explanation for everything that had happened.

Days passed, but he still hadn’t shown up: A strange feeling gnawed at her chest–this wasn’t like her beloved. Something felt off.

One ordinary morning, Alexia woke up with a slight bout of dizziness. Feeling the urge to vomit, she rushed to the bathroom. This wasn’t the first time it had happened in recent days, and it caught her

attention.

She grabbed her phone and opened a period–tracking app. Two weeks late.

happening now! No, no!” she muttered, throwing on

a bat out of hell until she found a pharmacy, rushed inside, and purchased

in her apartment, Alexia went straight to the bathroom to take the first test. She waited the

the hell? How could you be so

she sank to the bathroom floor. Hoping it was a mistake, she took two more tests, but they all showed the same result. She tried the last two–same outcome. One test even displayed an estimate of how far along she was:

What? Think, Alexia,

it seemed. A child was a powerful reason for

of the tests and composed a message: [We need to talk.]

Maximus to delay his response, she tried calling him

him. He wouldn’t be upset–why would he be? They loved each other, and the only thing standing in their way was his marriage, which

baby growing inside her, there would be no reason for Maximus’s family to deny their relationship any longer. In fact, Alexia knew Catherine desperately

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