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Chapter 69 Mom?

Author: Artemis Z.Y.
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**Mia's POV**

The world started spinning the moment Taylor was wheeled away. My lungs seemed to forget how to work, each breath coming in short, painful gasps. I stumbled backward until my shoulders hit the cold hospital wall, legs threatening to give out.

Seven weeks. They'd known for seven weeks.

The fluorescent lights overhead buzzed too loudly, the sound drilling into my skull. My stomach rolled violently as fragments of Taylor's words played on repeat: Kyle's baby... our son... the nursery...

"Focus," I whispered to myself, pressing my palms flat against the wall. The rough texture grounded me slightly, giving me something real to concentrate on. "Just breathe."

But my body had other ideas. Black spots danced at the edges of my vision as memories crashed over me in merciless waves – my own blood on marble stairs, Kyle carrying Taylor away while our babies died, and now this. Their baby. Their son. Their future.

The dizziness hit harder. I slid down the wall, not caring about who
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roxanne W.
Something I'll never understand about these stories is why the female lead idle always so quick to believe the one person they know for a fact is a known liar. why do they have to so naive in every book like this and why is the male character always so bad at communicating.
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