Laughter and Loneliness

Celine took a seat next to Chloe.

"How did you get so slim? Has Vance been giving you a hard time again?" Chloe nudged her arm and added some meat to her plate.

"How would he dare? He wouldn't even if he had ten doses of extra courage," Celine teased, picking up her fork to eat.

"Look at me—I've gotten so chubby," Chloe said, pinching her own cheeks.

She was starting to show her pregnancy, and eve