oor, carefully picking up the large pieces of the broken vase, his movements

neath my feet. The nausea was churning in my stomach, a physical manifestation of the sickness in my

my heart is racing. The crash... it was such a shock." She looked up at Li

anger. She was using her pregnancy as both a shiel

ening as he turned to her. He stood up, leaving the mes

lled out his wallet. He took out

rder some things for the nursery? Buy whatever

istress" I had caused. The same way he had paid her to carry

t his. She looked down, a picture of false humil

an emotion he no longer showed me. "Ava and I have plenty of money. It's

sy, as if his money could stitch our shattered marriage back

Chloe whispered, a tear trickli

She wanted to be the lady of the house, the mother of the heir, the new Mrs.

want things, Liam," I said, my tone d

e. My words hung in the

ubled over, clutching my stomach, a low gasp escaping my lips. The shards of the broken vase on the floor seemed to mock me, a re