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“Pregnant.” I whispered, my own words feeling almost surreal.
I had to double-check the pregnancy test to make sure my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me.
Pregnant
Those bold, black letters stared back at me, and a smile tugged at my lips.
Glancing at Althaia, my smile began to fade when I saw the pain in her eyes.
“Do you not want it? Did you change your mind?” I questioned, unable to comprehend why she looked so devastated by the news.
“... I’m bleeding.” She whispered.
Time froze, and my world came crashing down.
one hundred twenty-one
Althaia
I hadn’t even processed the fact that Gaetano wasn’t my father. My entire existence had been nothing but a cruel, damned lie.
I didn’t think it was possible to feel more miserable than this. I kept being dragged down into an abyss of darkness and drowning in fear and pure devastation.
I was exhausted.
I had lived for twenty-five years, and I didn’t know who I was, or even who my family was.
Now, my mother, whom I had thought I witnessed die, was somewhere in this safe house.
Alive.
And now, I was reliving the same nightmare that had shattered me once before.
My body felt heavy. All I wanted was to curl up in bed and let the darkness take me somewhere else—somewhere where I wouldn’t feel so miserable and heartbroken again.
Damiano stood still, his gaze fixed on me as if his entire world had just crumbled, while silent tears streamed down my face.
“I’m sorry...” I whispered to him, my chest tightening as the pain deepened.
I had failed once again.
Damiano’s eyes narrowed, and he seemed almost furious with me as he closed the distance between us. He gently cupped my face, his expression firm.
“I don’t want you to ever blame yourself, do you hear me?”
“How can I not?” I sniffled, overwhelmed by defeat. “You told me before to take a test, and I didn’t because I was afraid of disappointment. And now... now, it’s gone before we even had a chance—” I couldn’t continue as my voice broke.
Damiano pulled me close to his chest as I cried out my pain while he whispered soothing words to ease my suffering.
“My love, there was nothing we could have done, even if we had known. I’m sorry you have to go through this again.” He sighed. When I looked at him, I cried even harder when I saw the sadness in his eyes.
“We’ll be okay.” Damiano comforted again and wiped away my tears. “How bad is it? Are you bleeding a lot?” His brows furrowed with worry, and I shook my head.
“It’s not as bad as last time. It’s more like spotting, and I have some cramping. I thought I was getting my period, but then you said the test was positive.” I sat down on the bed with Damiano, feeling like my head was about to explode from the headache that had started.
“Let’s get you to the clinic.” Damiano said quietly. I gave a short nod but didn’t make any move to get up.
I rested my head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around me and placed a kiss on top of my head. I closed my eyes, mustering the courage to face what was about to happen to me again.
