Aliana’s POV

I faced him, my heart racing, my hands placed on my enlarged belly.

The atmosphere surrounding us felt thick, laden with unvoiced words.

I had been getting ready for this discussion for days.

Yet here I was, confronting Freddy—the individual who had completely altered my life, the one who had both redeemed and ruined me—I felt uncertain about how to begin.

At last, I inhaled gently and murmured, "I have to go."

Freddy did not respond immediately.

He ...