Sylvia's POV:

Maya shot me a reproachful look. She seemed to want to say something, but bit her tongue in the end.

I grabbed the quilt, not defending myself.

After a long silence, she sighed and left the room.

As soon as the door closed behind her, I heaved a sigh of both relief and distress. I felt sad and bitter. I was truly like the main character of a tragic movie.

I wiped my tears, feeling bad for myself. Yana sneered at me again.

"Humph, are you feeling bad? Why don't you just tell them the truth? Keeping this secret to yourself is killing you."

"No, it's better for me to suffer alone than make Rufus go through the same misery with me." I ran my hand roughly through my hair, feeling distressed and depressed. If only I could get a bottle of wine now. But just as the thought crossed my mind, my stomach cramped, as if the baby was protesting this idea.

I touched my belly sadly. I had almost forgotten that I was pregnant. I couldn't even drown my sorrows now.

enough to allow me to move around the room without hindrance, but I couldn't reach the door and leave. I got out of bed and changed my resting place. The fluffy rocking chair helped me relax immensely. It was built by Rufus. He

weather was getting chillier, he had covered the chair with a thick

imperial place was aesthetic, and even the fish in the pond were carefully chosen. As the sun dazzled in the sky, colorful fish would surface in the water periodically to display their

to get rid of these shackles

the same?" I snorted, stuffing two

at first. Then she shouted furiously,

swallowed the grape I was chewing and replied,

wasn't allowed to snack, I might

snorted. Then she fell silent, leaving me to my

her aggrievedly, "Yana, don't stay quiet. Let's

these past few days. No matter how hard I tried to coax her, I couldn't make her any happier. This had impacted our friendship negatively. It was time

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"Aren't you bored?"

stupid questions." She was

like a child. "Do you want to

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