Reborn: The Unwanted Bride's Daring Comeback

the only thing

fe. Adelina Bell stared at the ceiling, at a water stain that look

e IV bag with practiced efficiency, her eyes full of the kind of pity that doesn't really see you.

hut, and the silen

a film on top and a single piece of paper, crumpled from a thousand desperate readings. The

for the paper. The texture was soft, wor

the hallway

of something hot and impossi

n her elbows, a pathetic, weak

asn'

that seemed to absorb the weak light of the room. His face was all sharp angles and sha

m, lingering for a second on the empty visitor's chair

austion etched around his eyes. A deep, profound pain that mirrored her own, but for

es grinding together. "I'm Dr. Doug

. The woman who had taken her fiancé, Garret. The

a manila envelope. He held it with a kind of r

should know," he said, his

r legs. Her hands shook as she fumbled with the clasp.

t the top wasn

Garre

her ears. "Garret Stein's sperm viability is zero. It

itor seemed to fade into a dull hum. She couldn't fo

e even colder, devoid of any emotion. "T

as her fist clenched, the sound

adoptive parents' disappointed glances. Garret's cold withdrawal. Be

uilt from a single lie. And she w

It was for the life that had been stolen from her. The anger was a physical

her hand out and grabbed his wrist. Her grip was so tig

n whisper. "Why... why are

at worked. "Because I just found out myself," he said, and for the fir

monitor

steady rhythm shattered int

ping. But her mind was clearer than it had ever been. She stared at Douglass Ward's fa

had one mo

beeping gave way to a

the screen

wallowed e

iant, searing fla