She Let Him Drown

“I thought I' d finally found love when I, a humble bayou girl, rescued the charming Governor' s son, Ethan, from a storm. Our brief, intense romance left me pregnant, and I truly believed his promise to return for us. But he never did, sending his calculating friend Jackson instead, who, to my shock, demanded I marry him to cover up the scandal for Ethan and his powerful fiancée, Veronica. Humiliated, I married Jackson, only for him to then orchestrate a chemical disaster that poisoned my home, killed my entire community, and snatched away my first child. Three years later, pregnant again and slowly rebuilding my life with Jackson, I overheard a chilling phone call. The man I' d come to trust, the supposed father of my unborn child, calmly confessed to destroying my village and causing my first miscarriage, all to protect Veronica and her family. Worse, he was plotting to poison this new baby too, calling my womb "tainted" by Ethan, coldly arranging a doctor to induce another "natural" miscarriage tomorrow. He had stolen my home, my family, and my first child – and now he was coming for my second. My blood ran cold; how could the man sharing my bed be such a monster? But as despair threatened to consume me, a fierce, burning resolve ignited: he had taken everything else, but he would not take this child. I would fight. I would survive. And I would protect my baby, no matter the cost.”