She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

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I slept - more like, blacked out - for three whole days after that horrible fallout with my, well, ex-family. I can barely remember how Aurora got me back to her penthouse alone. I have been in and out due to a low fever, remembering only glimpses of Aurora feeding me stuff, some sweet, some bitter.

Of course, Sebastian didn't reach out. Surprisingly though, nor did the divorce papers that he said I could expect in two to three days. He knows Aurora's address.

"Back to life, sleeping beauty?" A big smile crawls onto Aurora's face when she comes in with a glass in her hand, "How do you feel?"

Numb. So, better than most days.

"Ginger honey water," Aurora settles down by my side as I rub my face to try to wake up more, "it helps with the fever. No argument."

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I hate ginger, she knows! But I also know I can't afford to joke with my body, now more than ever. I have a little thing in my womb to take care of.

"I guess that means you are keeping the baby?" Aurora's eyes land on my belly, where I'm stroking subconsciously.

I didn't know I had a choice," I roll

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let me, "That's not even the biggest issue. I mean, can I really live with myself

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baby, but I don't want to put that kind of weight on my conscience for her. At least, not so fast. I need time to think before making

I wouldn't be the first single mom in the world. They can do it,

your plan

They don't see me having a life without him. I don't

probably better than

not leaving anymore...for real?" Aurora glances at me with suspicious eyes, "Seriously, why North Dakota? What could it possibly have

machine-gun-style ranting again. I smile at her and listen, feeling a serenity I haven't

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feeling of being

would die at Lilith's hands! She would eat me

the conjoined baby in school. We were always together.

my eyes. Lilith warned me that she wouldn't ever talk to me if I married Sebastian. I did it anyway, smacked by