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As the sun's warmth broke through her room, Celine stirred from her restless sleep, her body aching and a dull throbbing pulsating in her head. She had been feeling unwell for the past few days, with persistent nausea and fatigue weighing her down. But she had kept it a secret from Callahan, fearing that it would only add to the tension that had been simmering between them.

She tries so hard to act like nothing is wrong. In fact, she wasn’t aware that her morning sickness would be this bad in the early stages of her pregnancy. She was hoping she could buy herself some time to figure things out and decide how to tell Callahan about it. But it was so hard. She couldn’t even focus.

Celine reaches for her phone on the bedside table, and her eyes widen at the sight of the number of missed calls and messages she has received. She had put her phone on silent mode since she was barely able to get herself to sleep last night.

And now she has even forgotten her alarm.

“Fuck,” she cursed. Callah