The Ex-Wife's Return: His Child, Her Reckoning

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vision. The knot that's been lodged in my throat fo

ask my friend, my own voice s

tion. She takes my hands in hers, her lips pres

. You're

lly hap

wn on me. After trying for so long, the knowledge that I'm finally

ne," I sigh, a thrill running through me. "If anyone'

ds in ag

you. Shane

e bench where we were sitting, j

nto my purse. As we head down the hall, I near

I quickly try to school my features, seeing she

en a while since we've seen you. How have you be

eyes catch on the unmistakable swell of a baby bump beneath he

other-in-la

in that saccharine, hypocritical tone she reserves just for me. Her eyes rake over me as if I were something disgusting she'd found on her

exactly where to stick the knife. And fo

our disappointment, your son is completely in love with Iv

up, and I want to pinc

m this happy, and when I'll soon have the ultimate p

y friend with malice, the way she usually does. Her eyes glea

her gaze snapping back to me. "Then y

he's talking about, but I don'

t betray him like this," she pleads, her voice so submissive, so

hell is g

my eyes

th my husband? He barely g

he warning I need. Whatever she's abo

e my man what he longs for. But deep down, you know you can't hold on to a man like Shane. He's fiery, relentless. Once he sets his mi

He asked me to give him an heir. It was a hard decision, of course

my vision swimming with rage, my

, but Aurora st

hat's happening? Shane had to find a mistress because the woman he married isn't woman enough to give him a child. Aren't you ashamed? And you're so stupid. You demand he distance himself from

to me. You're lying." I

l's turn to rai

something you can ver

urora aside to fac

us apart for so long, you've finally resorted to cheap tricks like this. But just s

is real. I know him. He wou

u to stay away, it wasn't a suggestion. You feel powerful with Aurora backing you up? Shane himself can tell y

acking across my cheek and snapping my head to the side. But through the stinging sho

ain, you bit

end Abigail, and Vie

quiet. Shane is going to hear all about this. T

er face twisting in pain as s

into me before she

you'd regret this! Shane will neve

ckle down Abigail's

y, Aurora whirls on me, her eyes stormy with rage, and lunges. I throw my ar

s herself b

t Shane is the father? Just go into that exam room. Read the document he signed a few days ago. When you see it, you'll f

g me trembling, staring into spa

thing. She guides me to a chair, then disappears for a moment.

y, disappointment, and pity. It's all I need to see. It c

ane is listed as the father on he