c's

since I signed away the best thing that had ever walked into my life. Whenever I closed my eyes, all I could see was h

e's someone here who insists on seeing you. He doesn't have an

ed. "Wh

e," she replied, c

en the man in months, not since before the divorce. I had gone secretly to him for c

tantly masking the sudden u

ded and d

there he was. Dr. Leonard Hale. He was slightly

as he extended a hand as

shake his hand. "This is a s

my desk, folding his hands together. "Tha

n months. What brings you

bled is one way to put it.

es at him. "Hmm,

Before I begin, I need to

, go

ella... offici

divorce was very private and only a few peopl

it'll all ma

," I said flatly. "Se

ething. "I see. Well... that makes wha

htened. "Just

lla, was admitted to my hospital a few days

ghtened.

named Cole Warren. Doe

ew the name. CEO of Warren Capital Holdings and one of my bigges

lla's husband burned my chest like as if someone sp

standard procedure, we ran some tests. We d

? Bella?

eathe. "What... d

carefully. "She's se

eeling of disbelief clawed th

checks out. She fainted from fatigue and stress

ng back to when we were still together. The last weeks we spent

ic, but... considering the divorce, one might assume

es darkened from instant

rtled by the fu

" I growled. "She was loyal to the very end. In fac

apologies. I only meant that, given the timi

conclusion. That baby she's carr

became silent. But I was also feeling something else, s

d that verdict. My sperm was weak, my chances were slim. I'd lived under that shame, knowing that Bella wanted children, and knowing I couldn'

odds. Bella was pregn

o contain the storm raging inside me. "Are you sure?" I ask

he final months of your marriage. There is no mistaking

s. I pressed a hand to the glass, staring ou

. I'll leave you to process this. But Eric..." He hesitated, then

That's my wife. That's my child. And now... I f

look. "Just be careful. Don'

cause my mind was a

king his hand firmly. "Thank

g hard. Then I straightened, laughter bubbling up. I had lost Bella once. But

red. "And now, with our baby