The moment the words left Mika's mouth, Nadia's world tilted on its axis.
She had been expecting many things—perhaps more awkward confessions, perhaps a deeper dive into the mechanics of how he had helped her.
But this? This was the last thing she had anticipated hearing.
Her son got excited...Because of her!
The implications crashed over her like a wave, relentless and overwhelming.
Her face began to burn, heat spreading from her cheeks down her neck and into her chest.
Her body grew warm—then hot—then feverish.
Her eyes, which had been so curious and eager just moments ago, started to water, not from sadness but from the sheer intensity of what she was feeling.
She realized, in that moment, the full weight of what Mika had just admitted.
Her son, the boy she had raised, the young man she loved more than anything in the world, had been aroused by her.
