Chapter 85

“No. That’s not possible.”

He quirks his head. “Stop me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure your former husband would have s*x with you.”

Yes. All the time.

Sometimes multiple times. Daily.

I gulp.

My hands instinctively go to my stomach.

Adam’s gaze goes to the cooler across the room where he’s storing my chemotherapy then back to me.

“I, uh, can’t take the drugs to ki ll the ca ncer without k illing my baby.”

He frowns. His eyes are so kind. But the pity I see there… it ki lls

“This particular ca ncer…no.”

I tug out my hair tie and twist my hair.

bites his

If I can carry the baby to five or six months,

keep the baby in NICU. But the statistics for premature births are quite good.” Adam frowns. “But if you forego treatments that long… the ca ncer will have spread completely. You’d be down to days

going to pu ke again. “So it’s me or

unnerved him. “I’ll confer with Dr. Henley. We can run

We both knew this was a longshot. Can we transfer the embryo? Maybe

going to di e, but I can’t bury the compulsion to try and save

of a fetus or embryo are very rare

or something, it’s actually easier because once the embryo is implanted, it either takes or it doesn’t. You already have a successful pregnancy. Attempting a uterine procedure can complicate or

risk to

time?”

baby. But if you delay your treatments that long, your

be any

started aggressive chemo and radiation immediately. And that was before the transfer of my father’s powers

There is still a

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

want to ask more questions, but Adam looks positively frazzled, and I’m not even sure what to

Adam, can we keep this

be like if I’d grown up here. Would Adam be the

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