city. The doctor was a kind-faced woman with gentle eye

ession a mix of sympathy and prof

been trying for years. I had a condition that made

ontinued softly. "Connor was so excited. He said a ch

ter pill in my thro

rminate?" I asked, the word

ition, this might be your only chance to have a child. It's a miracle you

e man who love

man who had betrayed me. But it was also a part of me. It was my ch

e things. Maybe it was the one thing

him one last cha

gned from the ground up. It felt cold and em

on. When he saw me, a flicker of surprise crosse

t be here. You shoul

I said, my v

to put his arm around m

dow overlooking the garden, where the rose bushes we planted together were in full bloo

" he said, hi

ing. "I'll give you one more chance,

d in his eyes

and sharp. "Send her away and never see her

is eyes died, replaced by th

king his head. "I owe her father. And

rying to destroy us!" I yelled, my voice cra

ng about," he said, his voice har

uestion ripped from my t

my eyes. "You are my wife, Have

vasion, a confirmation of t

with physical contact. "I love you," he whi

you ever did anything to hurt me, you'd ge

orry,"

oice turning to ice. "You don't t

eous one, torn between his duty and his wife. He didn't

pe withered and d

ked away from hi

rang. He answered it, his voice imm

rity breach?

He was talking abou

s, giving orders. He didn't include me. He didn't

ed his keys. "I have to go to

r word, leaving me alone in the

d shut me out of his heart, and now he

ming in my gut. He thought I was weak. He thought I would

as w

phone and di

n about a woman named Gemma Chan," I said