Revenge Of The Weak Luna

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eyelids open. The room was dimly lit, the sterile whit

hrobbed in my belly; a cruel reminder that I was still here, sti

s caught my attention. One was that of Ethan, my husband and the other was

ead settling in my stomach as

when she arrived. She has preeclampsia. Her blood pressure is dangerously high, and we nee

red in the air and then Ethan spok

the b

l observation. Preeclampsia can worsen quickly, and if it does, we m

in the next twenty-four hours, your presence would be highly apprec

nched at his

ris

uldn't focus on them. Not when Ethan was standing

ke time? Because I don't have the en

mach dro

"Mr. Sterling, this is

nterrupted, impatience c

tonight as well. She's not feelin

heard his words, I was sitting on a thin line between li

tress over his u

his first choice at all but I had never thought he could detest me

ulse of the baby's movements against my belly. All I heard were

itted. He needed

d, but no soun

nd of agony than the one that had brought me

the curtain. Ethan stood there, his hands in his pockets, his expression bo

med into me like

as pre

ed. Nausea ros

gainst my belly as if trying to hold myself toget

again, frustration creeping into h

whatever forms I need to, but

ldn't b

The doctor's voice was

nurse bring th

stened as Ethan murmured something to L

mbling violently. The pain, the betrayal, the

e soft but insistent kicks beneath my palms,the

s I whispered into the da

against the crushing weight of betrayal. My baby's faint mo

oblivion when the

e scent of sweet expensive perfume fil

n Ster

d a stain on their designer shoe or clothes as her man

d, voice dripping w

m a woman who can't let go of a man who has long move

claw at the woman who had stolen everything from me but my

t out a so

ell. He practically rushed me here. Meanwhile, you're lying on your

rted, but no

an sighed dramatically, pulling

oring, pitiful little obstacle in the way of our happiness. And now that

pletely irr

stomach, but I forced mys

ctory?" I rasped, my voice

head, feigning curi

shallow, every

mother of his first child, what make

n Lilian's eyes. Then, just as quickly, it w

to brush a strand of hair from my forehe

s mine. His heart, body, and soul belongs to me, a

wallowing back the bile

planning to divorce you. Once you've served your purpose, once that baby

ys wanted the Sterlings Corporation and

e a tidal wave. I wanted to fight back, to claw and scream, but the dar

arling, don't cry. It's not li

last thing I saw before the darkness swallo

***

y beeping of heart monitors as the sc

lowly adjusted to the unfamiliar yet

l sinking into my bones as Lilian'

agnosed with

upposed to

d y

as a

hammering against my ribs. My hands instinctively f

asp left m

p was s

k, uneven pants as pan

room. My gaze landed on the mirror mounted on the wall opposite

oked yo

nd softer. The dark circles under my eyes were no longer deep, my

the clock which hung on the wall, the

oat as it dawned on me tha

r a cruel trick of

just hallu

s as reality dawned on me.This was

granted me a secon

rything. A chance t

ill not beg for scraps of love from a man who never deserve

ilting my chin up as determ

" I whispered, my vo

he mirror and pressed the

time to

nd this novel. Their dedication, creativity, and hard work