"Marianne..."

"It's okay, Alex," she interrupted. "I was expecting this. It would have been stranger if you both didn’t have a child together."

Alexander frowned, confused. Why wasn’t she trying to reason with him?

Before he could respond, his phone rang. It was a video call from his mom. Without saying anything to Marianne, he answered the call and held the phone out toward her.

Marianne looked at the screen, her eyes widening when she saw Mrs. Skarsgard’s face.

"Mom?" she whispered. Mrs. Skarsgard immediately brought her hands to her mouth in shock, tears welling in her eyes.

"My poor baby..." she sobbed. Marianne’s own eyes started to sting with...