Elin’s POV：

I spent the day in restless distraction, unable to focus on anything.

Perhaps by afternoon, or later tonight, my period would come. Just one day late—surely nothing more. It couldn’t mean I was pregnant.

But my body had never betrayed me like this before. My cycles were always precise, as if written into my blood. This time, the delay sent a jolt of fear through me.

Could I really be pregnant?

The thought spread like wildfire, leaving panic in its wake. I had no right—none ...