Reign didn't have any friends except her sister and that was barely. She had been bullied all of her life and it got worse whe she started highschool. The one boy she like never payed her attention or even noticed her. She had always dreamed of dating him but that dream was crushed when he started dating her bully. She stays to herself and doesn't talk to anyone. The only friend she ever had became popular and he hasn't spoke to him since. So now she has no one but herself. Getting her to talk is like getting a fat kid to lose weight. She doesn't talk to anyone so they students call her mute mouth.she felt like she never had a reason to talk to anyone because the conversation would only be irrelevant

Aujani Mitchell has never believed motherhood should depend on whether a man chooses to marry her. At twenty-seven, she has built a life she is proud of-a successful career as a pediatric nurse, financial stability, a close family, and enough love to give the child she has always wanted. After months of researching sperm banks and anonymous donors, Aujani realizes she cannot bring herself to choose a stranger. She wants to know her child's medical history, their family, and the kind of man responsible for half of who they will become. There is only one person she trusts that deeply. Her best friend, Cartier Moore. Cartier has been beside Aujani since fifth grade. They have grown up together, shared clothes, secrets, arguments, firsts, heartbreaks, and every version of themselves in between. He is also a devoted father, a successful businessman, and the one man Aujani knows would never abandon his child. But when she asks Cartier to help her have a baby, he makes one thing clear-he is not interested in being a donor. If they create a child together, he will be the daddy. Five months later, an appointment is booked, their plan is in motion, and the friendship that has survived almost everything begins changing in ways neither of them expected. Morning sickness brings Cartier closer. Late-night cravings become routine. Baby names, tiny clothes, doctor appointments, and quiet moments start feeling far more intimate than friendship should. Cartier falls first. Aujani does not realize she is falling until the man she has known nearly her entire life starts looking at her differently-and she begins looking back.