Chapter 45: Ugly Thoughts.
~STELLA~
I was on the fourth day of my period, already.
My IUD was perfectly fine.
Embarrassingly… the sharp pain was just a shedding of my uterus's lining—it had just been early pre-period cramps.
That day, Rhys’s personal doctor arrived barely fifteen minutes later.
The moment he started asking questions, my throat locked.
My lips parted, but nothing came out. I wished the ground would open up and swallow me.
Thankfully, Rhys noticed.
“Harper,” he said, his voice steady beside me, “just give us your diagnosis.”
My chest kept pounding.
I didn’t want to be judged for this.
This whole thing already felt wrong enough.
Forbidden.
Shit.
I'd been at the guesthouse for three days, cramping and having him there with me.
Rhys had refused to leave sinc
