Chapter 181 - Unspoken

Noah

“No, that can’t be… I can’t be pregnant.”

But even as I said the words, something inside me shifted. The constant nausea, the exhaustion, the strange emotions I had been feeling—it all started to make sense.

Grace smiled knowingly. “You’ll know soon enough, miss Noah. I’ve seen it happen enough times to recognize the signs.”

I shook my head, trying to keep the panic from rising in my chest. This can’t be happening. Not now. Not like this. My mind raced, frantically trying to calculate the possibilities. But deep down, I knew. Grace was right.

I wasn’t ready for this. Not with everything that had been happening. My shaky marriage to Raymond, the looming question of whether we even had a future together—how could I bring a child into this chaos?

Grace must have sensed my panic. “Can I get you a test from the store?” she offered. I knew she was trying to be helpful, but the weight of her words felt suffocating.

I swallowed hard, my throat dry. “N-no thank you, Grace. I, uh… I just ne