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Bound Unwilling Chapter Forty
Emily appeared at the stairs, her hair still slightly damp. She wore a comfortable shirt that she had grabbed from her old room.She looked at Miriam.“Don’t tell me that was him.”Miriam set the phone down.“That was fast.” She looked her over. “Did you even shower properly?”“You’re silly.” Emily laughed and dropped onto the couch with her, close enough that their shoulders touched.The laughter faded.“Why did he call?”Miriam exhaled slowly. “What else would it be, Emily? To apologize. Same thing he does every single time.” She patted her lips. “I’m so tired of hearing him say sorry. I’m exhausted by it. He says it, I believe it, things get better for a while and then—” She stopped. Pressed her lips together. “Then we’re back here.”Emily was quiet.“He’s been saying sorry since the first time he touched me. Sorry with flowers. Sorry with a care package. Sorry with a whole building with my name on it.” She shook her head slowly. “And I keep letting him back in because when he’s go
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Emily stood up and walked straight toward Damien.“You did this.” Her voice was low, but it carried weight. “Didn’t you?”She stepped closer, finger raised. “If anything happens to her — if anything happens to that baby, you will be hearing from my lawyers. I will make sure of it.”Damien’s jaw tightened. He looked past her toward Miriam.“I need to speak to her.”“You need to leave.”“Emily, that’s my wife. My child”“That’s exactly the problem.” Emily’s voice didn’t waver. “She doesn’t want you here right now.”Damien looked at Miriam across the room.Miriam met his eyes for a second. Just long enough.Then she looked away.“Please go,” her voice was low, not loud enough for him to hear directly, but Emily caught it and turned back to him.“You heard her.” Emily’s voice was final. “Leave, Damien.”He stood there for a long moment, jaw working, hands clenched at his sides.Then he turned and walked out without another word.The doors closed behind him.Miriam exhaled and let her hea
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She stood in front of the mirror, hands resting lightly on the sides of her stomach.It was there now. The slight curve, the unmistakable roundness that hadn’t been there a few weeks ago. She turned slightly to the side, studying it.Then she felt it— a small flutter. It was gone in a second.She pressed her hand flat against her stomach.There it was again.A kick.She exhaled slowly. Something settled in her chest that she had been holding at a distance for months. This was real. All of it. She was going to be a mother.She looked at herself in the mirror, and for the first time since the doctor had said those words in that hospital room, she didn’t feel conflicted about it.She felt the kick again and smiled.“I’m going to the hospital tomorrow,” she said. “For a check-up.”She hadn’t looked at him, but she could feel him watching her. He had been watching her since she got up.“I’ll come with you.”She turned.He was lying on his side on the bed, head propped on his hand, eyes on
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A knock came at the door.She looked up from her desk.“Come in.”The door opened.Lucas.She blinked. Then she slowly leaned back in her chair.“What are you doing here?”He stepped inside, hands in his pockets, looking around the office like he owned the place.“Is that how you welcome your only brother to your company?”“Lucas.”“Nice place.” He looked at the walls, the desk, the logo on the glass partition. “Mira and Co.” He nodded. “I like it.”He dropped into the chair across from her without being told.She watched him.“How have you been?” he asked. “How’s married life? Is Damien treating you well?”She looked at him. “I’m sure you know where your friend works. Why don’t you ask him yourself?” She tilted her head. “Or is he not your friend anymore?”Lucas went quiet.He looked at his hands briefly. Then back at her.“I don’t like this,” he said. The casual tone was gone. “The way things are between us. I want to make it right, Miriam. I mean that.”She closed the file in front
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The text was from Adrian.They had been talking properly for a few months now. It had started with an apology she sent the morning after the restaurant.I apologize for my silence. I'm unsure what you expect, considering my marriage. So I need to ask. What do you truly want from this?He hadn’t taken long to reply.A friend. That’s it. I enjoy talking to you.She had believed him, mostly because he had always respected their boundaries. He was just someone on the other end of the phone when she was bored or needed to laugh at something lighthearted. He checked in on her and sent random messages that made her smile. Never once did he push past the line they had both agreed upon without discussing it first.Damien had noticed she was always on her phone lately. She had caught his eye on her a few times and waited for the question that never came. He was trying not to lose his temper, and she could see the effort in the way he chose silence over reaction. The pregnancy had done something
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It’s been three months, and her stomach is still flat — barely a hint of what is growing inside her. Most mornings, she had to remind herself it was real. That somewhere underneath the surface, something was happening that she couldn’t see yet.The morning sickness reminded her every time she forgot.She sat by the window in the bedroom, tea in hand, watching the city do its usual thing below. It was early. Damien was still asleep.He hadn’t lost his temper in three months—not once. She didn’t know how to handle this change, the absence of something she had grown accustomed to anticipating. Every time he came home late, she braced herself for the shift. Each time she said the wrong thing, she watched his face for a flicker of anger.It never came.Maybe he had changed, she thought. Maybe this baby had done something to him that she hadn’t been able to do on her own.Or maybe she was just hoping.She set her tea down and looked at her stomach.She had always wanted children. She had i
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Miriam stirred first.The room was darker than it was.Evening had crept in while they slept, outside the window city lights were already coming on, soft and distant.Miriam lay still for a moment, taking in the quiet, before her stomach made itself known.She was starving.Damien shifted beside he
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They were barely halfway through lunch when Damien set his fork down.“I need to go home.”Lucas looked up. “It’s not closing time. You still have work.”“I know.”“Damien—”“I can’t concentrate, Lucas. I haven’t been able to all day.”Lucas looked at him for a long moment. “What exactly did you do
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“Welcome sir.”The gatekeeper’s voice reached him before he even stepped out of the car. Damien parked, nodded once, and walked inside.It had been a long day. Long day of working through the files that had piled up during the honeymoon. Long day of checking his phone and hoping that Miriam respond
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The door had barely closed behind them.“You embarrassed me tonight,” Damien said.Miriam turned around. “I embarrassed you? You dragged me out of a gala because a man said hello to me.”“He wasn’t just saying hello.”“He introduced himself. That’s it.” She dropped her clutch on the side table. “Yo
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