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na's
t marriage with Brent Caldwell, the billionaire I agreed to mar
l," the doctor's gentle voic
ing me the white envelope that contained
her, confus
s not p
sually prefer to get the news together,
d it up. My eyes moved over the
e word boldl
How can I be pregnant? My tubes are blocke
a mistake, but she only watched me calmly. I f
Mrs Caldwell," she said. "Your results are cle
n't eve
had taken care of my father before we
ality slowly settled i
y fingers tightening around the paper t
supposed
promised to me at the end o
ng from Brent's family who hated that he
endured would
him? My father still needed me, and even after s
d with lung cancer stil
ell apart so quickly, how I c
wife. It sounded ridiculous but I wa
ng childbirth, and with his family out of the qu
tate. I said yes. He needed someone to raise his ne
thing clear,
pian tubes were blocked, and after the ectopic pregnancy I had as a teen
thing wo
t now... just at the end of t
my lips as panic m
en
ing to be
le. I promised him there w
no
g for him, even if I kept it to myself.
mind racing. How was I suppos
t normal when everything
felt longer than usual, my steps unsteady as I held onto my bag tightly. By t
steering wheel as my grip on it tightened. I stayed like that for a
," I muttered to myself, my
I tel
ught. I could already picture the cold, d
o
tightly. I co
her choice
finally started the car, pulling
ts running over each other, my fingers tig
ome, my head was al
ing to see anyone in the living room at that time of t
nails like she didn't have a care in the world, and
cou
nown I wouldn't
traight to the door, blocking my way befo
ng from?" she asked
nergy for this. All I wanted was to g
voice sharper this time. "I asked you for B
for a second, tak
id, my voice low. "If you nee
. "Look at you, acting all proud in this house wh
napped up
d, I just s
d she j
d as a cold feeli
id sh
lightly at my side.
they were act
lmost over and he didn't see any
se... then what di
ression to stay neutral even tho
, my mother in law spoke up
lf to leave soon," she said calmly, sti
art s
o
d slightly as
an
an Bren
e her career. The one he never stopped
finally
, I prepared for it all this time...yet, hearing i
ay. I knew that. I agreed to
l fell for
ele
nt he could be. The few moments we spent together, the rare times he
o me than it ev
headed upstairs, not trusting myself to s
w steps when I heard th
ed before I c
I heard h
om
fr
I turned
y styled dark hair in place, broad shoulders filling out his suit, his cal
eside
caught in
o
ere, her hand lightly holding his arm, her
d... perfe
I stood there, unable to move,
as his
n a part of it, I was neve
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