Chapter 178

Adrian POV

The day had been normal, routine even. I had just gotten home, taken off my tie, and walked into the bathroom to grab a towel. And then, there it was.

At first, I didn’t even register what I was looking at. It was just something on the counter, small and white, half-tucked under a tissue like it had been hastily discarded. And then my eyes caught the tiny screen.

Pregnancy test: Two pink lines. I froze.

The world seemed to tilt slightly, my breath catching in my throat. The word stared back at me, so clear, so undeniable. Kelly was pregnant.

Kelly. Was. Pregnant.

A rush of emotions slammed into me all at once—shock, disbelief, and then something much bigger, something that swallowed everything else whole.

Pure, overwhelming joy.

My hand shook as I picked it up, as if touching it would somehow confirm that this was real, that it wasn’t just some trick my mind was playing on me. But it was real. This tiny little test, t