3rd person POVMax stood frozen, the dead silence of the call stretching in his ears. His fingers tightened around the phone, the plastic digging into his palm, but his mind wasn’t in the room anymore. It was spiraling, unraveling, clawing at the words Ruth had left him with. 'She’s pregnant. The baby isn’t yours'He let out a slow breath, forcing his body to move, to react, but every step felt heavy. The hotel room suddenly felt too small, too suffocating, the walls pressing in around him. He pushed a hand through his hair, his jaw clenching as he replayed every moment with Vivian in his head.Had she known? Had she been carrying this secret while he sat beside her hospital bed, while he held her hand, kissed her, made love to her? Had she already made up her mind to leave him then?A sickening feeling curled in his stomach, burning at his insides. No. No, this didn’t make sense. Ruth was a liar, a manipulator—he had seen it himself. She had tried to hurt Vivian once before. She had
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