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“I didn’t…”

She held a hand out, stopping him. “I didn’t think I’d tell you this soon. But since we’re having this discussion about us, I thought you needed to be told this as well.”

“When did you find out?” he asked.

“Two hours back.”

Something jolted in his head. “At the restaurant?”

Fuck. So, that was why Navya had made an excuse to get medication for her. And that was why her sisters both looked mad at him.

He ignored all that to ask something pertinent. “Are you keeping it?”

“Yes.” She glared at him. “Of course, I am keeping the baby.”

He exhaled a sigh of relief. Now he understood why she looked so exhausted.

“Who all knows?” he asked.

“Only my sisters, but I’ve asked them not to tell anyone. I’m not ready for everyone else to know right now.”

“Of course, whatever you want.” He neared her. “Be with me, Anna. This baby needs both its parents.”

“No, absolutely not.” She backed away from him, shaking her head. “I told you about this baby because it was the right thing to do. You have no say in what comes after this. I’m going to decide if I want you in my baby’s life or not.”

Her words angered him. “This is my baby just as much as it is yours.”

“Before you learned the truth from Zeeshan, you wanted nothing to do with me,” she said. “Now, you suddenly want the baby and me?”

“That’s not true,” he replied, taking calming breaths. “I’d already decided that I was going to talk to you and tell you that I want you in my life. That I fucking can’t live without you. And, of course, I want the baby.”

She clutched the strap of her purse. “I want to leave.”

There was so much he still wanted to say to her, but he could see she was tired and probably hungry. She hadn’t even eaten anything at the restaurant.

“Alright,” he said. “But this isn’t over.”

She threw him a dark look.

“You’re mine, Anna,” he said softly. “This baby is mine. And I will fight with everything I have to ensure that the two of you are in my life. You take all the time you need, but I am not going away. I will never leave you. It’s best I tell you that right now itself.”

Shaking her head, she left his office, taking his heart and his baby with her. He was going to win her back, even if it was the very last thing he did on this planet. He was going to get her to forgive him.

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We need to talk, Anna

Please, can you talk to me?

Tell me what to do, Anna. I want to fix us

I miss you so much

I’m sorry, Anna

He’d been relentlessly texting and calling for a few days now. Thus far, Ananya had ignored him. She was serious when she’d told him that she wasn’t going to be with him again. Being with him had caused her years of pain. He and she weren’t good together, and this baby deserved the best, even if that meant its parents weren’t together. Mihir and she were done. Yet, that didn’t stop her from rereading his texts.

Are you able to eat? I read in a pregnancy book that the initial months can be hard. Are you nauseous or in pain?

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