Luna To Alpha Ace

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s ring. In that fragmented second, I couldn't process what had happened. My body knew before

s, those hazel eyes I'd fallen in love with, widened in horror at wh

e came out of his

ant. After four years of trying. After twenty failed IVF treatments. After countless

had just

d me, his voice breaking. "Baby, I'm so

ould do was press myself harder against the wall, as if

was the stress-the fight about the nursery colors. I haven't been s

ever have raised a hand to me. But the James standing before

ly whispered, sliding along

ng, but his eyes following me. "P

still-flat stomach. Our miracle. The baby we'd c

disbelief. He sank to his knees on our polished hardwood floor, bu

eld me through every negative pregnancy test. Who had wiped away my tears after each failed

slowly, like approac

omised, looking up at me with red-ri

t the father of my unborn child, the love of my life,

ly, tentatively placing my hand on hi

ips to it. "I'll make it up to you. We

ng. James had fallen asleep quickly after his emotional breakdown, but sleep elu

whispered into the dark

sound of James humming in the kitchen. When I walked in, h

blueberry pancakes, my favorite, across the marble cou

accepting the peace

ith an interior designer for the nursery. A stop at the book

th Dr. Harrison," he said casu

d-bite. "The

I need to talk to someone about my stress

the James I knew, responsible, ca

said, reaching across the

re than life itself, Lily. You an

hat yesterday had been exactly what he claim

my reflection. A faint bruise was forming on my cheekbone, and