Emily
I hadn’t thought about it.
Not really.
Amidst the panic, the fear, the humiliation of walking into that pharmacy and whispering my situation to a stranger… amidst Adrian’s calm voice and steady reassurance… I had not truly contemplated what I would do if there was actually a baby.
His question lingered in the air between us, heavy and unavoidable.
What will you do if you’re really pregnant?
I looked at him through the mirror.
His eyes met mine instantly.
That was when I saw it.
Hope.
It wasn’t loud. It wasn’t desperate. But it was there — quiet and unmistakable. A possibility he wasn’t rejecting. A future he wasn’t afraid of.
And that realization made my chest tighten.
He wasn’t thinking about scandal first.
He wasn’t thinking about Nathan.
He wasn’t thinking about soci
