(Emery’s POV)
The hallway outside the student health center felt longer than usual.
She walked beside Luca in silence, his fingers laced tightly with hers, like he was afraid she’d float away if he let go. Neither of them had slept much since the email leak. The positive test. Her test — forwarded to every athletic administrator, coach, and advisor on campus.
No name on the sender.
Just that sick, clinical image attached to her entire future.
But for now? They were pushing all that aside.
Because today… they were seeing the baby.
Their baby.
Her stomach fluttered — nerves and nausea, hope and fear.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” Luca asked, holding the door open for her.
“No,” she admitted. “But I want to do this. With you.”
Inside the exam room, everything felt sterile and strange
