Chapter 38
Decisions
(Maya’s POV)
I stared at the ceiling above my hospital bed, the soft hum of machines and muffled footsteps outside my room the only things grounding me in reality.
Pregnant.
The word echoed in my mind constantly, over and over, looping like a cruel joke I couldn’t escape.
Pregnant.
Eight weeks.
Axel’s child.
I pressed my hand gently to my stomach, still flat and unchanged, as if my body hadn’t caught up to what my bloodwork already knew. There was a life inside me. A life created on a night filled with champagne, dancing, soft words, and a kiss that changed everything.
A night that had ended with me breaking him.
I had spent the last three days in this room, under observation and bed rest. Vanessa said the fainting spell was a warning. My body was exhausted
