Aana Pov's. I was laying on my bed thinking about the suggestion of Stefan. He called my doctor for a checkup but she was stuck outside the town because of the weather as a result she couldn't manage to come and asked us to visit her tomorrow at her hospital which is kind of good news because my doctor is a werewolf just like me and in her clinic we can talk freely and also she can check me properly. After talking to the doctor, Stefan made me eat something and then left the room so that I could rest. I closed my eyes and a tear rolled from it, remembering the morning incident. Everything was going well between me and Aaron. we were so close and then we again got separated. Rex's words started roaming in my mind. "You killed her slut". "You killed my Alice. You always went against her to be with us. You always wanted me and Alice to get separated and you did it". "You cheated on us and she got punished. Because of your lust and action, we lost our Alice. You have no right to live because she died because of you… You have to die". My mind kept revolving around that incident. Rex was trying to kill me. "I didn't kill her. I didn't" I screamed. I was feeling like he was still holding my neck trying to kill me. "Please leave me. Please" I screamed and started crying. "Aana". "Aana" I heard Stefan's voice with a tap on my cheeks. I tried to open my eyes but couldn't. I was breathing heavily. That's when someone shook my body, making me startled. "Please leave me" I screamed and opened my eyes, breathing heavily. "Aana" I looked at my side, Stefan was sitting there. I gulped and touched my throat, trying to calm myself. 'Was I imagining everything again?' I asked myself. "You were having a bad dream," Stefan said, clearing my doubts. I took a relief breath realising it was not real. All I could imagine was the morning incident a gain. I look around and find most of the members of the NGO gathered in my room. I was still breathing heavily, tears were falling fr om my eyes. I was trying but still not able to contr ol my emotions. Rex's words were roaming in my mind. "Are you okay?" Stefan's mom asked me, keeping her hand on my head like a mother. I d idn't reply but hugged her like a child. That's when my eyes went to Aaron who was loo king at me with a poker expression

He doesn't know about Rex's behaviour or does he? . I kept my hand on my stomach when my baby kicked. Maybe my baby got scared because of me. I tried to calm myself by taking a deep breath but it wasn't working. I was panic king. Stefan pulled me away from his mother and hugged me, moving his hand on my back. "Calm down, princess. you're having a panic attack. It was n't good for your baby. Calm down" Stefan tried to calm me but with every passing second my health was deteriorating. "Aana calm down," Aunt said in concern. I was crying bitterly thinking about Alice. She always told me to share my pain with Aaron but I never did. As a r esult, I lost her. She died because of me. Maybe Rex is right. I killed her. Everything around me started gettin g blurry. I parted myself away from Stefan not being able to breathe. "My phone is in my room. Let me bring it and call her psychiatrist. Maybe af ter talking to her, she calms down" Stefan mumbled and put my hand in his mo m's hand. "Mom please take care of her. " He muttered to Aunt before leaving. I again felt my baby kick. He is not feeling okay because of my actions but I can't help myself. My breathing was not getting normal. My eyes went to Aaron, he was looking at me with no expres sion on his face. Next thing, I knew that he was coming towards me. My heartbeat rose seeing him. What happened next, shocked me. He hugged me in front o f everyone. I look around and find every eye on us. I tr ied to distance myself from him but he didn't let me go. "Calm down" He whispered in my ear. Like always this time also my body listens to him more than me. I started to relax. Maybe it was all because of a mate bond whic h doesn't affect him but me as neither I accepted his rejection nor I rejected him. "Your baby is getting scared because of you. " He said. I n odded my head and rested my head on his shoulder

I don't care about the people around us. All I care about is him. "Close your eyes and ta ke a deep breath" He mu mbled. I did as he said. "Release" I release the breath which I was holding. I was taking a deep breath an d releasing it on his every command and it worked like always. He knows how to ha ndle me when I panic. He broke the hug and wiped my tears then looked at everyone. "Sometimes we all need a stranger to whom we can talk and let out our inner stress and it seems like it works in Mrs. Aana's case," He said looking into my eyes, emphasising the word stranger, indicating to me that now we are just strangers. My eyes went to Stefan who was standing at the door looking at us. "Stefan" I called him. He smiled and came towards m e then kissed my forehead. "Are you okay?" He asked. I nodded my head and tapped on my bed, asking him to sit beside me. He is always there for me as a brother. He did what my own brother didn't. "I'm fine" I mumbled and ext ended my hand toward him. He nodded his head negatively. "I went to take these high-dose tablets because you w eren't calming but now you're then there is no need t o take these tablets," He said and looked at everyone. "Aana is fine now. I request everyone to leave her alone so that she can sleep," he said. Everyone nodded and left o ne by one after meeting me last time. My eyes went to Aaron whose eyes were on Stefan's hand from which he was holdin g my hand. Seeing him looking at my hand like this, I detached my hand from him. He looked up at me and then smirked. "I don't know how but I felt connected to your child like I have a special relation to him and that's the only reason why I helped you ," He said and kept his hand on my stomach and that's when the baby kicked like she felt the connection like she knows he is her father . A big smile came on Aaron's face after feeling her kicked. He kissed my stomach. Tears brimmed in my eyes remembering Stefan's words. "Yeah… You're pre gnant but don't f orget with whom" . "You already lied to him which sep arates you both. "No matter what you say, it won't change the fact that you're hiding the truth from a father about his child. A child g ets connected to his mother for nine months more than the rest of the world but a father gets connected to his child fr om the moment he came to know about his existence even though he can't feel him. you're again doing wrong to him, Aana" . I took a deep breath and then released it, realising how wrong I 'm about to do. I can't hide this news from him. I can't. Aaro n was about to go when I held his hand. He looked at me abruptly. "Aaron I wan ted to confe ss something"