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Chapter 205

Author: Diti Koshy
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[Vivienne]

I don’t know what else to do.

The way he’s acting—so different from anything I’ve ever seen—I feel like the only way I’ll get through this is by getting the hell out of here.

But there’s just one little problem.

The way he insists on driving me home, I can’t shake the feeling that even if I reject his offer (which I already have, by the way), he won’t let it go. If my past experience with his stubbornness is any indication, he’s going to follow me. And if he doesn’t do it himself, he’ll hire someone to do it for him. He’s done it before—what’s to say he won’t do it again?

And if I’m being honest, I’m not ready for him to know anything about me yet.

There was a reason I moved to my grandparents’ place—to get through this pregnancy in peace.

I glance at him now, his face etched with determination, and I feel a wave of frustration wash over my entire being. He’s not the same man I left behind—not completely, at least. There’s something softer in his expression, a crack in the
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