FAYE
I didn’t know what I expected his reaction to be, but it definitely wasn’t this.
Alexander sat there, holding the test result in his hand like it was something sacred. His eyes moved over the words again—slow, careful, almost disbelieving.
I watched every tiny shift in his expression from where I sat on the couch, hugging a cushion without realizing it. He didn’t speak immediately. He just stared, and every second of silence twisted deeper into my stomach.
My heart was racing so fast I could hear it in my ears... I didn’t know why I felt that way.
I’m carrying Alexander’s child.
I’d repeated the words to myself all morning, and somehow it still didn’t feel real.
When Alexander finally lifted his gaze from the report, there was something soft—almost vulnerable—sitting right behi
