Chapter 3
Because of Damien, I never made it to the hospital for my checkup
at the doctor said it was fine.
I could still get it done right before the procedure.]
That afternoon. Damien took me to a restaurant||
Said it was one of his buddles birthdays and he wanted me to tag along
The moment we stepped into the private room. I spotted her.
The girl from the vlog
Bianca Voss and Tristan Voss were twins
o much for Damien’s “buddy’s” birthday it was clearly Blancas
And the second I walked in, they all looked like they’d rehearsed this scene.
Someone pushed Bianca toward me with a smile
“Hey, Goselle, this is Blanca–my sister.”
“She’s pregnant too, thought maybe you could give her some tips
Before I could say anything. Bianca blurted it out.
Girls like her can’t keep anything in
“Come on, I don’t think I need tips from her.-
I got pregnant naturally–one try and lam, baby on the way.”
“She had so do IVF.-]
“Took her, what, live rounds to get lucky? ||
Intally different ballgame.”
The smug look on her face.
The Idank stare ein Damien’s eyes.
My nails dug into
All through dinner, everyone kept pushing about how amazing Damien and I were together.
ut all it took wat a sangle look from tara, and suddenly they were swooning over her and her boyfriend like they
I could barely Mumarit a single late!||
I made up some excuse and stepped outside Fur air ||
I gished at the countdown on my phone live days to go
And in of nowhere, I felt this urge to call my doctor and move the surgery up!]
Just as I was dialing. I overheard Danden arguing with the walter
“I told you, no stallion:|–||
cy were a Nicholas Sparks novel.
My wifes pregnant. She can’t stand the smell~||
He said it with such precision.
Word by word
1 froze, fingrès still chitching my phone.[]
The call had already connected–I didn’t even notice.
He wasn’t wrong.
I hated scallions.
Ever since I got pregnant, just the smell made me nauseous.
Back in college, Damien used to pick the scallions out of my food at the cafeteria.
That kind o
I of attention to detail–his quiet care–1 loved him for that
I didn’t care that he was broke
i marned him a
anyway!
But after we got married, he got busier.]
And all those little things?||
They disappeared
I never naged him about it.
Im not that kind of women.
I never complained
But now.
I stood there, watching him aletly pick out scallions from that plate
My eyes started to sting:
I was about to step forward, a girl came out of the room.
Just when I wai
And walked straight into has a
“Babe, 1 knew you loved me
me and our baby the most.
“You even picked out the scallions just for me.
liveet as syrup
Da stroked her fur
“Of course I did. They’re all useless in there. ||
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Ilsey missed even one stallion, and our baby got upset? ||
“Can’t let that happen. “[]
“Blanca. Til do anything for you and the baby
He meant every word||
That look in his eyes-[
He him look at me like that
It was live falling into an endless pit of ice
Get I was so stupid
50 dar pathetic
ikaw he didn’t love me
And yet I clung to every leftover scrap of hope ||
we’d been married five years!
Known each other for eight
There had to be something there, right?
Soumething real]]
But me?]
Even that was poze]
Bella? Ma Chelle? Are you ge
The doctors valce buzzed through the phone
Twiped my eyes and said
Th, yeah. Ike to move the procedure up. Can we do it tomorrow?]
