He Abandoned Me, Then Begged For Another Chance

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have gone

felt it in the dull ache in my lower back, the strange heaviness in my abdomen, and the instin

are me a glance as he checked himself out in the mirror. "Your due date isn't for anot

trembled when I slipped on my heels. Kayden kissed my forehead

hard enough to visualize how beautiful the night would b

under the sound of music floating in the air. Women in silk gowns floated past me with the smell of their expensive perfu

tight, and maybe I was too hea

r politician cornered him. He didn't even notice my hand slipping from hi

nd I froze. I was still processing it when another wave hit. It was sharper this time,

my leg and a drop of r

k as my breath left

thin and weak. Like that wasn't enough, my cry se

one harder than the last, and this t

ss the room laughing, champagne in hand, and surro

" whatever I had to say died on the tip of my tongue as the

t his a

hed toward me, his face draining of color

ght me before I hit the

ushing towards the car. I vaguely recalled the cold night air against my overheated skin, Kayden'

rther we drove, the more they crashed do

he seat and cried. "...

lame him. I blanked out at one point during th

ab my sides, alongsi

led. "prep her now." Came a second

cess anything before they

g, I barely remembered breathing, a

d my body felt like it had been holl

e to face with a nurse that stood beside my bed.

e," she said gently. "You h

instantly as my voice crack

y heart melted the moment I saw two tiny faces. They had identical wisps of dark h

whispered, reaching out

ou back there," Concern flashed in

ost sobbed. I was okay and my babies

s my husban

open and Kayden stormed in. His mother fo

smiled weakly.

ting harder than the surgery incision. I didn't even noti

onfused, my incision

with joy, but with rage. That made me worry more than the pain I wa

re you talking about darling?" I tried to sit up, that way I could lo

o my lap. My hands trembled as I picked it up. It was a paternity test

bability of patern

bility of paterni

avier than anything I had ever felt in my life. I shook my head. He had done a parternity

ho was standing arms crossed on her chest beside him, throw

I had. That was what th

was not mine. But that was impossbile beca

, my husband and his mother thought I had cheated, carried another man's seed and let it grow inside

I'll go get the doctor," she murmu

led with something I had never seen directed a

the fact that he was even asking me this tore my heart to pieces. It told me how

d to seeking for

ut even though my body felt like shutting down. "I've never been with anyone else," I strai

ed on the already loose tie around his neck. "Do I? That's not what the fucking paternity tes

from day one tried everything

l this time stepped forward then as if summoned as

he sneered coldly her red painted finger nail pointing at

g he would just listen to me, tears s

d, adjusting his glasses. His jaw ticked with some

everything. "But your pregnancy was a rare condition, and it's called heteropaternal sup

ince when did a wrong report have a name

gain, then turned to Kayden. "But I a

e, doctor. But I don't. So I want another test done. "This is a