A Billionaire Heiress From The Ashes

y pregnant belly. He said it was a mild sedative to

r son had to be born first to secure the family i

leaving me to suffer through

but to kick me and let her venomou

had all the life-saving medical equipment moved t

eal the inheritance. The man who swore to protect me left me to

er, when Deegan stormed into my boardroom, convinced he could drag his "dead" wife home, I looked at the

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t belly, the precise, practiced motion of a surgeon, not a husband. My breath caug

simply existing. My baby was due any day now, a tiny, insistent presence that had filled me

rooms, upgraded with high-tech medical equipment. White walls, sterile

rough, barely audible even to myself. My heart hamme

ollen belly, were now firm, unyielding. He pushed the plunger down. I felt a cold burn spread from the injectio

pped, devoid of the warmth I had once believed

m already having contractions. They've been co

full of a love that had felt like my entire world, were now hard, op

lower back to my abdomen. It stole the air from my lungs, leaving me gasping. The sedative wasn

ing down my temples to disappear into my h

trying to solve. "Karmen's due date is the same as yours, Jada," he stated, his voice flat. He might

would be the direct heir to the Manning Corporation. I had known about the will, of course. Everybody in Deegan's family

other wave of pain gripping me. My body instinctively curled, m

armen is fragile. She's been through so much. She needs every advantage, every comfort." His voice so

ainst my will, in agony. My husband, the man who swore to

desperate plea. "You said you did.

et? pity?-crossed his eyes, but it was quickly extinguished. "I do love you, Jada. But this is b

th the sharp, burning pain of my contractions. My body felt like it was betraying m

hoarse. "Just take me to a real hospi

o stop my breathing, but firm enough to demand my full attention. His e

s faking this? The agonizing contractions, the

catching in my throat. My vision blurred s

g. "I know your tricks. You're trying to steal the inheritance. Undermine Ka

and shocking. "I don't care about the inheritance

ed to force Karmen to sign that pre-birth waiver. To give up h

thought I was evil. He thought I would harm another wo

an the last. My body convulsed, my hands clenching int

whispered, barely able to for

d of emotion. He pulled his hand from my throat. "You'll wait. When Karmen has given birth,

n a vessel, an inconvenience he needed to manage. He turned on his heel, the heavy steel door of th

who was supposed to love me, the father of my child,