The living room smelled of expensive potpourri and greed.
I sat stiffly on Eleanor’s velvet sofa, one hand resting over the small curve of my four-month pregnancy. I was exhausted, nauseous, and counting the minutes until I could leave.
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Then I made one terrible mistake.
I fell in love with Julian.
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