Ruined By The Billionaire's Love

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ant to see it. I don't want to know. I don't want to be

even get

Should I even go through with it? What i

e weight of it feels like it's closing in on

id soak into the lines. One... two... three... four... five... six... I

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nto the test. I place it on the counter. My phone timer sta

and everythin

everything coul

but I can't. If I look, it'll

re time to breathe. But the universe doesn't care about what I want. It doesn't care a

f I pretend I don't care, it won't matter. Maybe it won

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is too heavy. I finally open my eyes, not daring to loo

. There's fear, hope, doubt. So much doubt. She's hanging on by a

? What if he doesn't want it? Wh

g to fall. But they're right there, at the edge, waiting. A lu

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bout R

bout me anymore.

the bathroom. My heart is hammering, and my hands are sh

n the back of my head, whispe

The house is quiet, too quiet. When I reach the door to his office, I stop, my

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rd voice.

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s into my stomach. I can't move. I can't think. I stand there, paralyzed, as

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not f

ng behind his desk, looking so... normal. So calm. As

f recognition. But he quickly looks away. L

out. I want to demand answers.

says, like nothing is wrong. Like my w

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? What

if it's nothing. Like it's just a

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air like a death sentence. Div

I whisper, barely able to breathe. "Div

e doesn't even seem

member the agreement we made? Now that she's here, it

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lling up in my eyes. My ches

words won't come. I want to fight for us, f

now it'

mind is made up. There's n

s the one

ering to say another

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, I hav