Next year was the most difficult of Bella's life.
From the outside, she seemed to have everything. Her platform had grown beyond anything she had once imagined, helping thousands of students find opportunities and build brighter futures. She was invited to conferences, recognized for her work and admired by countless young people who saw her as an inspiration.
But success could not fill every empty place in her heart.
There was one dream that remained painfully out of reach. She wanted a baby. Not because anyone expected it of her or because society told her she should. She simply longed to become a mother.
She dreamed of tiny fingers wrapping around hers, of sleepless nights spent rocking a baby to sleep, of hearing a little voice call her Mama and of watching a child she and Leo created together grow up surrounded by love.
Yet month after month, nothing happened.
