Wendy could only ask her best friend for advice.
Ding!
Cecelia''s reply came through. [That means your friend didn''t keep her husband satisfied in bed. He got tired of her after just one time.]
What? Was that really what happened?
Wendy thought about it. To build a longsting rtionship, the couple had to be congruent in every area, and sexualpatibility was especially important.
She knew that men like Stanley had high standards when it came to physical intimacy. He needed a woman who could keep him pleased in the bedroom.
Had she failed to keep him satisfiedst night? Had Stanley gotten bored of her after just one time?
Ding!
Another message from Cecelia popped up. [Wendy, don''t tell me this friend is actually you! Have you and Stanley slept together?]
Wendy didn''t know how to respond, so she decided to brush it off for now. She denied it, saying, [It''s not me.]
Putting her phone down, Wendy fell into an unsettled sleep
She woke up the next morning and went through her morning routine. But then, an awful realization hit her- Stanley hadn''t used any protection!
They had gone three rounds, each time rough and intense. He hadn''t been able to control himself, and she hadn''t been able to stop him. He''d finished inside her each time.
And yesterday, she had forgotten to take her birth control pill.
Wendy''s heart raced in panic. Judging by how things were going with Stanley, there was no way they would want children. He probably didn''t want her to get pregnant either.
There wasn''t enough time to make her own emergency contraception, so Wendy rushed to the pharmacy.
"Can I help you, miss?" the pharmacy owner asked.
Wendy''s eyes went straight to the morning-after pills on the shelf. She was allergic to one of the ingredients in the pills, but she had no choice.
"I''ll take that one."
She swallowed the pill quickly and made her way back to vendale University.
Halsey saw her on the way and approached. "Wendy, I couldn''t find you earlier. Where did you go?"
Wendy looked pale and her stomach was in agony. She was experiencing an allergic reaction to the morning-after pills.
Halsey noticed Wendy''s face had gone even paler, sweat forming on her
forehead. She looked off, unwell, her entire demeanor wrong.
"Wendy, what''s going on? Don''t scare me!" Halsey said.
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Before Wendy could answer, her vision blurred, and slie copsed.
"Wendy! Wendy!" Halsey cried out in pante.
Halsey rushed Wendy to the school nurse''s office, her voice frantic. "I don''t know
what''s going on with Wendy! She just fainted out of nowhere!"
The nurse examined the test results she had on hand. "She had an allergic reaction to a drug.''
"What kind of drug?" Halsey asked, worried.
"She''s allergic to morning-after pills, and she just took one"
What?
Halsey''s eyes went wide in shock. She hadn''t realized that Wendy had fainted from an allergic reaction to morning -after pills.
Now Wendyy on the bed, her small body curled up like a shrimp, her face pale and sweating profusely. She had one hand pressed against her stomach, clearly in pain.
Halsey immediately took out her phone and dialed Stanley.
Stanley was sitting by Jessica''s bedside at the hospital. Jessica, who was clingy, had her head resting on Stanley''s chest.
"Want some mango?" Lilian offered Jessica a te of fresh fruit.
Jessica pouted. "Stanley, feed me."
Stanley picked up a piece of mango with a fork and held it to Jessica''s mouth.
Just as she was about to take a bite, his phone rang. It was a call from Halsey. Stanley answered the phone, and Halsey''s anxious voice came through immediately. "Stanley, where are you?"
"I''m at the hospital with Jessica," Stanley replied, his attention still on Jessica.
"Wendy''s sick, and you''re still with Jessica? You need toe to the school right now! Wendy had an allergic reaction to the morning-after pill she took and fainted!"