Chapter 148

NOAH “I…” I stiffly turned my head to look at Olivia and forced myself to meet her eyes. Our faces were both streaked with tears, cold and pale under the dim light inside the car. The pain pressing against my chest made it hard to breathe, and for a moment, I truly did not know what I was supposed to say. I hadn’t known the call was from her. But the question kept repeating in my mind. Why hadn’t she told me about her pregnancy? I wanted to say she should have told me long ago. I wanted to ask why she chose to carry something like this alone. But before the words could leave my mouth, I already knew they would sound weak and selfish. I had no right to blame her. I had no right to question her. An apology rose to my throat instead, heavy and overdue, but I kept swallowing it back, unable to let it out. The words felt inadequate compared to the weight of everything she had endured. Her eyes were wet, but there was something distant in them now, something guarded. I reached for her hand i