Pregnant for my sister fiance's

ia Evans kept telling herself as she stood in front of the mirror,

. Serena had chosen it with a careless smile and a cutting remark: "You can't show up to my e

g-golden hair, bright blue eyes, and the kind of confidence that drew every eye in the

ne, to show off her victory. And the prize? Adrian Knight. The billionaire whispered

here to clap, smile politely, a

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ter sharpened by champagne. Waiters weaved between the guests with

onds catching the light, perfect smiles that hid sharper truths

ike a jewel she had claimed. Serena's golden gown shimmered with ever

suit, impossibly handsome. Even when Serena leaned against him,

no right. But when his gaze shifted and locked on hers, h

s were sharper, staring at her intensively, cool steel hiding so

ame. as she averted her gaz

ons from people who only half-listened. "And you're the younger one

per: "She's pretty enough, but nothing compared to

untouched champagne on the tray of

ing on her chest. She leaned on the railing, letting her eyes close as the city st

g away

voice f

es fle

ood in the shadow

nt dry. "I... I ju

ser, "You don'

't a qu

gh. "Not really. But S

ou en

er. It was as if he had been wat

like her,"

entire life-never Serena, never enough. But from Adrian's l

ng the railing. "You sho

Because for once, I wanted

dangerous. She should go. She should r

e railing. The barest touch. But it

stepping back. "A

th was alre

**

e tried to speak, to say stop, but the words dissolved into a moan as his

s wrong," she whi

e was rough, almost pleading, hi

couldn't. Her silenc

, clutching him closer instead of pushing him away. Every part of

r back hit the wall, and she arched into him as his hands roamed-bold, desperate, leaving her trembling. The

and blazing as they swept over her. "Amelia..." he r

overing herself, she reached for him. That single

arted, their hands never stopped. Clothes fell in a careless trail, eve

s setting fire to places she had never felt alive before. She clung to hi

t was reckless

st unforgettable

eamed through the curtains, sh

t nearly

to her chest. Adrian lay beside her, bare-chested

supposed to ma

the weight of it crashed o

slipping it over her trembling body. She didn'

corridor. By the time she reached the street below, the city

different to her

istake. One night she would bury foreve

fe was

*

r, her back pressed against the wall, her hands shaki

ink l

d. "No... no, thi

. Clear. U

as pr

flat stomach. Her mind screamed in chaos: How can I tell Ser

st her cold cheeks. "This will dest

stomach as if she could erase the

at heavy and merc

e know," she whispered broken

s left her lips, she

ever stay

nd out, nothing-nothing-wo