The night that changed us

la's

the message on my phone, my breat

d know I'm pregnant

ain. The words didn't c

a mistake. A si

lows, heartbreaks and struggles. He had been my rock, my safe

to believe he had a child

nd for a moment, I th

ouldn't shatter my heart into a million pieces. Maybe it wa

sickening voice w

ded a

here Matthew sat on the couch, his eyes fixed on the TV, c

rying to steady my voi

ows furrowing at the tone

ip on my phone. "

pressing down on me. "Someone... someone i

room grew thi

hew

ed into a fist on the couch. His fa

at he would laugh, tell me it was ridiculous

he d

nce was

ine. "Is it true?" My voice crack

hand through his hair. "Camila, th

pped. "Tell me

was long enough. Long enough for me to

looking away. "I'

vanish. My chest tightened,

excruciating, like a bl

" My voice was bare

't mean for it to happen,

llow, humorless s

des. "A mistake is forgetting to take out t

I know I hurt you, and I can't take it back. But I swe

voice rising. "Matthew, you slept with another

em fall. "You told me you loved me. You promised me

speration in his voice. "I never

ying for so long. We've done everything, seen doctors, taken medication and

So because I couldn't give you a chi

ly. "I was weak, I made a terrible choic

word. "You made that choice, Matthew. You didn't

ped back. "Don't," I snapped. "You don

. I know I hurt you. But please, Camila, don't

is never happened? By sweeping your betrayal under

I'll spend the rest of my life proving t

ing to hold myself together.

quickly. "

e barely above a whisper. "If she hadn't sent m

uth opened, then close

t was m

My entire body trembled as I whispered, "You would have let me ma

isted in anguish.

tthew. The engagement, the fut

my mind clouded with rage

phone buz

nother message from the wom

wasn'

m an unkno

but something in my g

my blood t

ain, Camila. She's

ody went rigid, my heart

tthew, my eyes burnin

assuming I was reading another me

cking

Then, I snapped my gaze back to him and snarled, "What the fu

idened in pure,