Lina’s POV
That night, sleep refused to come.
I lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, my eyes burning, my body very tired but my mind was wide awake. The house was quiet, but my head was loud. Every word my mother said on the phone kept replaying itself, over and over, like it was carved into my brain.
You will marry him.
That’s final.
I turned to my side and pulled the blanket closer, as if it could shield me from the truth. My hand rested on my stomach without me even thinking about it. It still didn’t feel real. I kept expecting everything to suddenly make sense, to feel different. But it didn’t.
I was pregnant.
And the child belonged to Daniel.
The thought made my chest tighten painfully. I squeezed my eyes shut, but that only made things worse. Images rushed in, his face, his
