Chapter 153

The car sped towards her, screeching to a halt right next to her. Nadine instinctively stepped back when she saw it barreling down the street. Just as she was about to yell, the window rolled down, revealing Brad's strikingly handsome face. The dim streetlight made it hard to see his expression clearly, but she could tell from the reflected light that his eyes were filled with darkness. Brad's lips were pressed into a thin line, and he regarded Nadine with a scrutinizing gaze that reminded her of the night they first met nearly six years ago. That winter night, when Nadine was still a medical student, she discovered she was pregnant. She thought that if she could just forget about that night and move on, the nightmare would fade away. But she realized that some things are impossible to escape. She had never told anyone about it. However, she had secretly asked her mother, "Mom, what would happen if a girl got pregnant out of wedlock?" Her mother had given her flat stomach a mea