Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

My CEO 182

182 Confronting Issues Together

(Winona)

We move into the next part of our therapy session. Barnaby asks my fears at the moment.

"I'm worried about seeing Ashlyn," I admit, my voice shaky. "But it's not just her that I'm worried about. What if, by some miracle, there is a baby?"

Jayden looks at me, surprise flickering in his eyes. "I don't believe it for a second."

"But," I say, taking a deep breath. "If she is still pregnant... that's your child, Jayden. And it can't be raised in a high-security mental facility. You know how your mother feels about your offspring. She might come back." "Damn. Do you think she would? I'd rather she stayed away. I can breathe now, at least."

"If there is a baby, I can't see her staying away. If there is a baby, I can't see her not knowing about that already and leaving in the first place." That much is true. "Something here doesn't add up."

before. Not this time, Winona, I refuse to buy into what she's selling." "Except that her wedges are never just of the imaginary kind. She's always played on the truth about you, the part of you she knows intimately, and I've never met at all. That's her

understand that whatever Ashlyn's

were trying to get a confession out of her. She was one step ahead. Then with your mother involved, who

"Isn't she?"

good with Abby. So

don't trust her. I know she'll never stop trying to get you back and to get Abby. To get me out of your life. It's just

"It's understandable to have distrust, Winona. This situation is very complex, and

for the baby, but mostly for Abby. A baby would mean Ashlyn is connected to us forever. I'm not sure I want to invite a baby into my home like that. I have Abby to think of and my own sanity." Barnaby speaks again. "Good, now we're getting to it. If Ashlyn wasn't in a facility and she was still

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for the kids separately was the way to go. We're not even sure we can live together at this point with or without an extra child in the mix." "Good, right. So you see where the work is still needed. Now, Jayden, how would you handle the fact that you were to have a newborn baby and this child would be your sole

would raise the child as best I could. I would hope Winona could be part of that. I'd expect that once Winona and I marry, that

of hearts, I can't see that ever happening. If there was a baby, Judy would be back and I'd be

what you'd see happening, Winona?"

have. Or I can tell my truth and probably upset the man I love. But I'm here in the safe space to get my real feelings out. Not to hide, I'm not here to sugarcoat things anymore. Saying things are okay and them actually being okay are two different things. Even