His Regret Began When She Let Go

twisting the edge of her purse, trying to ignore th

through her medical file, his brow

with a sigh that alrea

smile that barely reached her ey

usual way. She had been coming for tests for months, chasing the

We've run multiple scans, blood tests, tissue samples.

ghtened, "Doc

we observed earlier have progressed. Y

rs tightening around her

sses to the bridge of his nose. "Yes, it's

can't conceive?" R

ot a simple hormonal imbalance. The cancer has been developing for s

joy in her blissful marriage but she held onto one thing which w

ed, and Evangeline-his mother, was even worse. She despised Rachel from

children?" She muttered, her

not. Even with the treatment, it might stil

ed her. She covered her mouth,

but professional. "We will begin treatment imm

ver survive this. Not after almost three years of

end anything to my husband's office,"

. "You can't f

e,"she murmured before she

n't let anyone know, but please,

ed. "Tha

c. 'Cancer', the word felt heavy. She climbed into

Voss?" Alton, he

rced a smile,

d against the window. She pressed her hands t

act polite- maybe concerned as a husband

and he was so loyal and complied to every of her words. T

, cuddling her and making her forget the cruelty of

tely composed herself, blinking away the tea

eels clicking softly against the marble floor. She could hear voices-

ed inside his pocket. But standing next to him was a woman- young, b

red into her eyes, then lowered his hea

l gas

ediately. "Rachel? What are

man, then at Bryce and

s she?" Rach

te familiarity. Her beauty was impeccable, dark curls

inally see the mansion," she said sharply, "it would b

ever impregnate any woman out of wedlock. It was a rule the Voss family foll

ands now wrapped against the lady's wrist. Rachel felt her lu

finally said, "W

, another voice boomed from th

r child, I demand you end this farce immediately.

hard, "Bryce? Is

Bryce said

r fist, "please Br

After everything he has been through? After years o

g to process what was going on. "Bryc

"Bryce, I demand you