Married But Pregnant With My Ex's Baby

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amed of this moment. Prayed. Begged. Cried.

inally-it

as pr

e clutched the test resu

hick and overwhelming, as tear

to her husband, Eric Harrington, "I told you," she

IVF procedure, Eric smiled-a

push him into this process, but now, seeing the p

sed as his hand lifted hesitantly, hovering just abo

he felt the warmth of her skin beneath his palm, his fingers pressed

oing to have our

ugh the tears she hadn't even reali

oat c

out by the joy in the room. But when it came

rned h

putation as one of the best in his field, sat across fr

n't sm

spine, her joy slipping th

tilled, his brows furrowed.

rs curled around the folder's

fully, "I'm afraid there was... a small

he room complet

. A dull, creeping pan

tion? I'm pregnant, aren't I? You called us in to gi

to be a mother, Mrs. Harrington... But..." He hesitated, ch

le

that su

inst her ribs. She couldn

ric sat froze

he

s low and ca

appear. "I mean...Mr. Harrington...the baby your wife is

Eric like a

s jaw tightened. But his voice-lo

sured, "that after everything-the months, th

was unsettling. The kind

tie. "There was a mix-up at the lab

ng his chair scraping against the tile floo

p enough to shatter glass. "Are you seriously te

jerked his hand away. His entire body

explanation," h

voice steady and professional. "I

ward, palms slamming onto the desk. "This isn't a minor inconv

arely h

lse pounding so loudly that i

Er

y wasn'

it her like a

olently as a wave of n

ice came out

rant, his head sn

test results as she forced herself to meet the doctor

?" she asked again

le

nbearable

ogany desk, making both Adina and the doct

he indivi-dual," he stuttered. "He's agreed to meet wi

ommon ground?" He exhaled

stranger, shake hands, and calmly discuss my wife c

the door

mach twiste

, her voice soft. "

m, and Adina felt Eric's ent

odded. "Bri

seconds stret

door sw

e wal

Kni

ught, her world t

tly, as if the room it

fidence, the kind that sucked th

. Perry's stiff posture. Eric's murderous glare. The undeni

ly, his gaz

. Unwa

And then-something el

se roared i

their shared past. Six y

m more handsome. The sharp cut of his jaw. The way his tailored suit fit perfectly

curved in

e murmured, his voi

ach, then back to her face, somethi

s what's called the irony of life," Ryan sai