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Aria sat on her bathroom floor for twenty minutes after Sophia left.
Her best friend had wanted to stay. Had offered to cancel her own plans. But Aria had sent her home. She needed to be alone. Needed to think.
Except she couldn't think. Her mind was blank. Numb.
Pregnant.
The word kept echoing in her head, but it didn't feel real. None of this felt real.
Three plastic tests sat on the counter above her. All saying the same thing. All destroying the fragile, perfect world she'd built over the past two weeks.
Her phone buzzed.
Damien.
Still on for seven? Can't wait to see you.
Aria stared at the text. Such simple words. Such devastating timing.
She had to tell him. Tonight. There was no way around it.
But how did you tell a man you barely knew that you were carrying his chil
