Maggie stood barefoot in the middle of Julian’s luxurious downtown apartment, the glittering city skyline twinkling through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind her. The pregnancy test felt heavy in her trembling hands. Two bold pink lines stared back at her. Then three more tests on the counter, all positive.
She was pregnant.
After months of clinical procedures, emotional chaos, heartbreaking jealousy, forbidden passion, and raw physical intensity, it had finally happened. A wave of pure, overwhelming joy crashed over her so powerfully that her knees buckled. She caught herself on the edge of the counter, laughing through the tears streaming down her cheeks as she pressed both hands protectively to her still-flat stomach.
“I’m going to be a mom,” she whispered into the quiet, elegant s
