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.

carry the baby to

have to 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 left on your life, and even if we started chemo, it’d

feel like I’m going to pu ke again. “So it’s

I’ve clearly unnerved him. “I’ll confer

hand. “Hey. We both knew this was a

e, but I can’t bury the compulsion to

of a fetus or embryo

this 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 or terminate.”

risk to the nth

I have enough time?” I ask

the baby. But if you delay your

won’t be any chance.

radiation immediately. And that was before the transfer of

treatments. There

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

more questions, but Adam looks positively frazzled, and I’m

we keep this information between ourselves

if I’d grown up here. Would

to say. Everything happens for a reason, I