Bad Love an Alpha’s Regret by Elise Sinclair

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 lip.

say I put off treatments. If I can carry the baby to five or six months,

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 left on your life, and even if we

I’m going to pu ke again. “So it’s me or my baby.”

papers. I’ve clearly unnerved him. “I’ll confer with Dr. Henley. We can run more

across the table and still his hand. “Hey. We both knew this

I can’t bury the compulsion

transfers of a fetus or embryo are very

was IVF 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 terminate that. There isn’t enough science. Even at four or five months, we can do more with a premature delivery. The first trimester is a time when most pregnancies either take

to the

have enough time?” I ask

But if you delay your treatments that long,

be

immediately. And that was before the transfer of my father’s powers that have also boosted the aggressiveness

you need to abort. We can start treatments. There

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

to ask more questions, but Adam looks positively frazzled, and I’m not

“Hey, Adam, can we keep this information

first time, I wonder what my life would be like if I’d grown up here. Would Adam

say. Everything happens for a reason, I suppose.