54. Once again...

Proserpina

The feeling of déjà vu that struck me as I stood in the cool, tiled bathroom that morning was so strong, I felt like I was back in the past.

I had missed my period again.

And the tiny strip I held in my hands proved that my worst fears had come true.

Lucien had gotten me pregnant again.

***

With everything that was going on in my life, I had possibly pushed it to the back of my mind, the niggling feeling of weariness that had persisted.

And from the sheer exhaustion I had been feeling, the nausea I had dismissed as emotional trauma, I knew that the signals had been clearly there. My body had been shouting out trying to tell me what my mind had been suppressing with a vengeance.

To be honest, I had been too preoccupied to take notice. Trying to shut out my feelings for Lucien had made me immerse myself in my work. During the daytime, I spent as much them as I could with my twins. Sita was like a person who shadowed us, generally good company but not really either a companion