“I’m not pregnant,” I repeated as if saying it so many times would make it true. I pulled away and leaned toward the bedside table, reaching into the drawer and pulling out my birth control pills. Mael watched me the entire time, not saying anything. I took out two little pills and looked at them. They looked the same. But I… I wasn’t sure. “What did you do?” I asked, letting my gaze focus back on him. “Replaced your pills with a placebo. No way in fucking hell would I let anything in between us.” “These are pills, not condoms. There isn’t anything between us,” I said, trying to hold onto my
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