Chapter 25

Mia thought that if she ever told anyone else about it, she would probably get snuffed out!

Timothy pursed his lips and scoffed, “Don’t get ahead of yourself. I was just pretending for Grandma’s sake, I’m not interested in you.”

Mia stood up. “That means I can leave now, right?”

“Hold it. What if Grandma finds out you leave alone in the middle of the night? How am I supposed to explain things to her?”

Mia thought about Laura’s chilly hands. Hesitating, she asked, “When is Grandma going to get surgery?

“Didn’t you hear her? She refuses to get one.”

Frowning, Timothy added, “Before she agrees to get the surgery, don’t tell her about our divorce.”

“Alright,” Mia agreed without hesitation. “I’ll try my best to get Grandma to agree to the surgery.”

Timothy’s expression improved. “Let’s sleep.”

Mia took out her phone and sent Patricia a text. “Aunt Patricia, I won’t be coming back tonight. Help me inform Dominic.”

back tonight, but there was no

had deteriorated. Mia couldn’t let Laura worry about other things before she got

had put up with everything for three years, so

around for a couch but couldn’t find one. There

room.

closet. “I remember seeing some extra bedding in here.

the drawers, she

make sense to her. She knew there used to be

out behind her. “Grandma arranged everything

well. She realized that Laura genuinely wanted her to have a baby. Unfortunately,

little awkward, Mia looked at the only set of bedding that was covering the only bed in the room. She felt conflicted.

I wanted to do anything to you, I wouldn’t have

mockingly. He was

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lay down on one side of the bed, but there was no blanket. It would be a

conditioning on.

blanket to Mia and said, “Take it. I’m

She was pregnant, so she

the other side of the bed, he found himself unable

with her back toward

describe what he felt.

eyes. Soon, he felt something warm snuggling against him and

his arms on her own accord. Now

she looked a lot more

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