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t that just erased the l
turned bright pink. Yet.I haven't woken up from t
s hands folded over a tan folder,
r, hoping that I misheard him the first time.
rofessional confidence he usually carries. "There was a clerical er
t does th
ed. it wasn't created with Julian Thorne's sam
spun out on that rain-slicked highway a month ago, this pregnancy has been the only thing keeping me from sinking. The doctors said Julian might never wake
surprises me. "No, that's not right. We. we used Julian's
s Em
n my voice is gone. "Hormones. Injections. Blood tests. You
regnant." Then his voice reduces. "But th
k before I can stop it, a
y confidently, as if my con
e says. "Genetically,
. "It's not my child with my fiancé. I wanted a baby with the man I love. The man
d how diffic
shaking hands against the table. "Yo
was supposed to be the only piece of him I'd have left.
sor
the last living piece of my fiancé. Julian is in a coma. He might nev
I spent six weeks pumping myself full of
e the pregnancy. We'll redo the cycle. I
dollars," Dr. Carter continues quickly, his face pale. "Along with a full refund an
f for a stranger's child. I look at the framed degrees on his wall, the anatomical charts, the little p
n my face and that chilling calm returns. I am slipping b
y," I say. "I want this,"
ns. "I'm afraid that
re. Get. Ri
uld be a
ing by the doorframe. He is tall, broad-shouldered, and wearing an expensive-looking cha
early trips. "Mr. Wolfe. I didn't
steps into the room, and the space suddenly feels half its size. He doesn't loo
ost feel the need to step back. But I don't. I struggl
lls out a thick, matte-black business card onto
effectively automated half the logistics firms
tement of fact. "And I have no intention of letting you terminate. Carry the pregnancy to term. Hand the child o
tare at him, my breath hitching. My calm changes to that ho
den and Mr. Intimida
ng in the hospital in a coma and you think y
hundr
y!" I snap. "I want my life b
thing, it turns to stone. "Money buys time,
oes tha
eenings came back this morning. Your uterine lining is... it's significantly thinner t
egnancy, the damage will be irreversible. The likelihood of a successful s
out. "That.that's not true. You can give me som
feasible optio
blonde hair, it all starts to evaporate like mist. If I end this, I end ever
You fulfill your biological potential. You get a fortune that ensures you never have to wor
r in my eyes. Something softens in his e
ine," he
oo much information. I need to see Julian. I need to
e table begins to vibrate. I lunge for it the s
. "Emily, come to the hospital. Now!
im. I run. I sprint through the hospital corridors. My heart
02, my hand trembling as I reach for the handle. I want to burst in, to throw my ar
don't hear the beep of monitors or the steady breathing

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