Zoraya
Axel’s arms around me felt like the safest place in the world. For so long, I had been alone, unwanted, discarded like I was nothing. But here, in his embrace, I felt something I never thought I would—a sense of belonging.
His words echoed in my mind. You are not secondhand to me. You are not ruined.
But how could I believe that?
I had only been with one man before, and that was Jayden. And I knew now that whatever he had done to me that night had led to the child growing inside me.
A child born from a man who never wanted me.
A child from the same lips that had whispered sweet nothings to me in secret but called me an animal in public.
Silent tears streamed down my cheeks as I clung to Axel. My body trembled with emotions too overwhelming to contain. I wanted to believe him.
