His Private Chef (by Amycee) novel Chapter 129

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Chapter 129

I closed the distance between us and pressed my palm to his chest. His heartbeat thudded beneath

1. it.

“You don’t have to fix it right now. But if she’s pregnant, Liam… we have to know for sure. We can’t pretend this didn’t happen.”

“I’ll order a paternity test. I’ll make sure it’s private, safe, discreet. I just…” He touched my cheek, voice rough. “I need you to stay with me. I don’t want to lose you. Not again.”

I nodded, leaning into his touch even as everything inside me trembled. “I’m here. We’ll face whatever this is together.”

His eyes softened with something close to awe, like he couldn’t believe I was still standing in front of him. “I don’t deserve you, but I swear I’ll do everything not to lose you again.”

His mouth found mine with quiet urgency.

But even as we kissed, I knew this wasn’t over.

This wasn’t the end of the storm.

This was just the eye of it.

Later that night, I lay in bed staring at the ceiling.

Liam was asleep beside me, his arm wrapped around my waist like he thought I might disappear if he let go.

But I was already somewhere else.

My mind was drifting into a dark, exhausted place where hope felt heavy and love felt cursed.

Why does it always end like this?

Every time I let myself believe in peace, something breaks. Something burns.

Why does love feel like a punishment in my hands? Like the moment I hold it too tightly, the universe steps in to rip it away?

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I’m so tired of bleeding for things that are supposed to feel good.

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Tired of loving with my whole heart, only for that heart to be tested again and again like it has to prove it’s worthy.

Haven’t I proved enough?

I want to scream at the stars for being so cruel.

I want to ask whatever god is watching what I did to deserve a love that never gets to just be, a love that always comes with a price.

Tonight, I should feel safe. Loved.

But all I feel is fear.

Because something is always coming for us.

And deep down, I don’t know how many storms I have left in me.

Just as the silence settled, my phone buzzed on the nightstand.

I didn’t check it right away. I wasn’t expecting anything. Maybe a reminder.

But the screen lit up again.

I reached for the phone. One swipe, and the screen lit up with cruelty.

Unknown number.

A grainy black–and–white ultrasound filled the screen

Then the message followed:

I’m giving him what you never could.

Time to step aside.

He’s mine now.

The room fell away.

How did she know?

Cassie knew.

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And she used it like a weapon.

My hands trembled.

Another message.

You can stay. Your choice.

But just know you’ll always be the other woman.

I stared at the screen, hoping it would vanish if I looked away.

It didn’t.

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Beside me, Liam shifted, hand twitching in sleep, still reaching for something he didn’t know was breaking.

The bed suddenly felt like a battlefield. And I was losing.

I gently lifted his arm off me and slipped out of bed, stepped into the bathroom, and turned the lock with shaking fingers.

I collapsed onto the cold bathroom floor and let tears come.

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