CHAPTER SEVENTY -SIX
The forest blurs past me, a whirl of greens and browns as I race through it, the scent of pine and damp earth filling my lungs. My heart is a frantic drumbeat in my chest, echoing the turmoil in my thoughts. Alec's face flashes in my mind—those deep blue eyes that once held warmth now frosted over with regret.
I skid to a halt at the edge of the clearing, my breath coming out in ragged gasps. I've been running from everything—the truth, the uncertainty, the fear that clutches at my throat. It’s the fear of not knowing who the father of my unborn child is that haunts me most. And beneath it all, Alec's guilt-ridden confession echoes like a curse.
“I shouldn’t have left you alone,” he had said, his voice a low rumble of self-reproach. “I pushed you away when you neede
