is whole life upside down. Two pink lines. Positive. She felt her breath catch, a wave of heat followed by a cold shiver running through her body. For we
o longer what it had been. In recent months, he had become distant, colder, as if she were just a shadow in his life. Yet she wanted to believe that t
from lack of sleep and silent crying, seemed to scream a truth she still refused to admit.
, wiping her cheeks sharply. She took a deep breath, stu
lden rays of the sun. An opened bottle of wine was lying on the coffee table, a mute witness to the lonely evenings she was
naively believed. She had even dressed carefully, opting for a dress he once love
ght his attention. She stood up qui
with a hint of hope. But the man who entered was nothing like the loving husband she hoped to find. Adr
began softly,
acing his jacket on th
ner together," she added , her voice be
f, cold, as if he was unaware of the effort
me nor the place for a confrontation. She remembered the test in her bag. May
something import
he table. He glanced at the screen, and a smile that s
aid, walking away without e
uld be this person who could make Adrian smile
she heard bursts of laughter coming from Adrian's office. Intrigued, she approached, her
ething he had just said. His hands lightly brushed his arm, a gesture that se
rself that it was nothing, but something in their posture, in the way their
courage, she pus
? she asked, her voic
by surprise, while Claire adopt
hink," Adrian began, but h
Explain to me why my best friend is here, lat
ghtly. "Maya, I came to discuss a projec
terical laugh. "A project? Really ? And since
r, trying to take her ha
Adrian?" » she asked,
ce was more painful than an
he finally
he forced herself to stay standing. "Months..." she rep
was avoiding looking at her. "You t
outh to respond, bu
rayal and humiliation. "You're making fun of me...Bot
other. "You deserve it. But know one thing
lls behind her. Every step she took away from this house se
wracking her body. She placed her hand on her stomach
ed, her voice broken but res
. What Adrian and Claire had destroyed, she would rebuild alone. But s