Chapter 78

Nadine 

I curl up in bed after being discharged from the hospital, my body exhausted, but my mind refuses to rest. Every time Ethan visits, I pretend to be asleep, unable to bear looking into his eyes and seeing the pain reflected there.  

I keep hoping he’ll lose interest when he finds out I’m pregnant, that he’ll eventually give up and walk away. But he didn’t. He keeps coming back, checking on me, as if he’s determined to be there, no matter how much I push him away.  

My thoughts spiral as I replay our conversations over and over, trying to make sense of everything. I know Ethan cares, but that only makes it scarier. What does that mean for us? For me?  

I shift in bed, my heart aching as my mind drifts to Logan. If he had known about the pregnancy, would things have been different? Would he have stayed? But then, I remember the look in his eyes when he saw that picture of me with Asher. That one moment