Chapter 12

Even though she saw it coming Sophia was still momentarily stunned. She stared blankly at the two lines on the pregnancy test feeling a jumble of emotions that were hard to describe-a mix of complexity with a dash of unexpected joy fluttering through

Her left hand unconsciously caressed her flat belly, and she found it hard to believe that a life was already taking shape

inside

The only time she and Brandon had thrown caution to the wind was the night she brought up divorce

She was preoccupied with her thoughts then and didn’t pay attention

She couldn’t fathom why Brandon would forget to take precautions either

He was usually so careful about that sort of thing

She was a bit at a loss about what to do with the baby if she kept it, what about her plans to hit the books and reboot her life?

And what if she didn’t?

Just the thought made her heart ache unbearably

A baby was a gift from heaven, and she couldn’t bear to give up on this little life.

But did she have to relive the life she had two years ago?

out of the restroom, Sophia was in

at the restroom door Seeing her come out, he

head apologetically.

just glanced at his watch and reminded her

walked with

at the glass where she

earlier

window was crowded with unfamiliar faces

and headed towards the boarding gate with

in the

her handed their

halting as she slowly turned her head, her puzzled gaze clashing with

She was startled.

merely glanced at her indifferently before

smile and said softly under Ivan’s

Sitting in the driver’s seat, his heart felt like

a moment, and after a brief pause to regroup, his rationality returned, his handsome face settling back into

drove out. As he was about to merge onto the road from the airport roundabout, he glanced toward

second, then slowly pressed on the brakes, stopping the car at the roadside. He sat there motionless, his eyes tracking the plane as it smoothly ascended from the ground into the sky until it shrank

cramp-like pain seized his stomach, spreading to his

pressed a hand to his chest, his gaze cold as he withdrew it and glanced at his phone. After a moment of silence, he pulled up Sophia’s WhatsApp, hesitated over her contact, then decisively deleted

doing all this, he tossed his phone aside, restarted

past closing

when he saw a poker-faced Brandon

Sophia, then couldn’t help but address

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