Evelyn’s POV
Her words felt like a sharp slap across my face.
Tristan stood frozen in place, eyes wide with shock. Then his expression quickly shifted from confusion to excitement.
“Leah... a baby? Really?!” he cried, his voice trembling.
Leah nodded, tears filling her eyes as she clung to his arm.
“I just found out this morning,” she sniffled, “the doctor said I’m two months along.”
…Two months.
My heart sank. It felt like the ground beneath me was slipping away.
That would place the conception… right after Valentine’s Day. Around my birthday.
I remembered waiting for Tristan the entire day on my birthday. But he never showed. All I got was a phone call at 11 p.m., telling me he was stuck at work and couldn’t come home.
But now I knew the truth.
He wasn’t busy; he was
