Chapter 491

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come around asking if I was pregnant and insisting on driving me to the hospital. Like, excuse me?

He'd hurt me before, sure, but this? This was a whole new level. One sentence, and he'd just crushed me.

But I wasn't about to quit my job just because we broke up. Thankfully, I had some fieldwork lined up, so I could avoid the office without raising any flags.

Three days into fieldwork, Yuna called. I wasn't sure if she knew about the split, but I really hoped we were still good.

"Keira, I'm in trouble. Can you help me?" She sounded panicked, like two seconds from crying.

"Whoa, slow down. What's going on?"

"I'm at the library, reading, and my period just hit out of nowhere—my skirt's totally stained!" she said.

I let out a sigh of relief. Here I was, expecting some disaster.

"Could you bring me a skirt? I'll send you my location. Meet me in the restroom when you get here," she added, her voice way stronger than it used to be.

And by her tone? She cl