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Scarlett’s POV

Well, okay if the “soon” is like five minutes!

I barely even sat down in bed before he came back. I didn’t even hear the sound of his engine coming closer. I didn’t hear anything until he opened the door. I mean, I didn’t notice if he had driven out at all because I was upset. Maybe he never even left.

“I’m still upset, even if you just left for five minutes!” I grumble to myself, counting the seconds after I heard him close the door downstairs.

I totally failed to suppress my lips from curving up.

I didn’t think he would come back. I mean, it’s Ava’s life at stake. I was surprised enough that he didn’t ask me to go and help her.

I don’t know if he would come back if I wasn’t pregnant, but even if he did it mostly for the baby...

Maybe we do have a chance at making the marriage work.

I didn’t know he cared about the baby so much. After hanging up with Ava, the jerk dragged me for a million questions about the baby. I didn’t know one could be so curious about so plain th
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