In this baby factory, the real work is surviving the passion.

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"Lily!" Alex's voice snapped me out of my spiraling thoughts like a cold slap, his hand shaking my shoulder with the subtlety of a wrecking ball.

I flinched, blinking hard. "Yeah?" My voice was shaky, my brain still lost somewhere far from here.

He smirked, eyes narrowing like a cat who caught a mouse. "You totally checked out just now. I could've sworn you were off in another galaxy or something."

I forced a tight smile and shook my head, trying to anchor myself. "I'm alright."

Yeah, I sounded reassuring, didn't I? Like a woman on the edge,...