Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

503 The Push Forward

(Winona)

"Dr Harris will be with you soon. How are your pain levels?"

"It's okay. A dull ache at most." Physically anyway.

She finishes fluffing the pillows behind me and checks the monitors one last time. "I'll make a note for the doctor."

I nod.

My hand covers my stomach. There's no baby anymore. No heartbeat to wait for. Just a dull ache where hope used to be.

I hear the door click open. I look over but it isn't the doctor, it's Jayden back again.

"Can I get a moment with Winona? I won't be long..." he asks the nurse.

"Sure, if it's okay with Winona."

"It's fine." I tell her.

"Hey," he says quietly, walking over to the chair by my bed.

"Hey," I reply.

"I'm going to head to the penthouse for a shower and go see the kids, okay?"

"More than okay. I feel better knowing you're with them."

leave you if you're

know how I'm supposed to feel. But I do know we have to push forward with life.

raw emotion in his eyes nearly undoes me. "What about you?" I

everything that's happened since I saw those damned photos-" "Stop," I say sharply, cutting him off. "Don't do that. Don't put all of this on yourself. My choices put us here too. But getting pregnant, losing the baby,

flick up to meet mine, and for a moment, neither

his voice cracking. "I'm sorry you're going through this. I'm sorry I reacted the

any man would do under the circumstances," I whisper, my own voice trembling. "I'm sorry for hall pass week

his hand reaching for mine. His grip is firm, grounding, and I cling to it like

accepting our parts in this whole thing. We'll never know if any different choice might

It's unquantifiable.

to ask you something," he says quietly, his eyes searching

I nod, waiting.

"Are we okay?"

"I don't even know where I stand with myself right now, let alone us. Do you

flinch.

as if

fair," he says. "I

lot of things after I found you on those stairs. I knew in that second, I'm all in. Whatever it takes, whatever you need, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. I want you, I

and I know it's what I wanted to hear before I fell but I'm not that same person now, am

want that too, but I want more, for myself. This app Lance left me... I'd like a chance to develop it further. But I know we talked about running Nexus

have a plan. Nexus will still be there later for us to run

forward,

His lips linger for a moment. "I need to go home for a bit," he says reluctantly. "Graba shower, check in on the kids. I'll have dinner with them and settle them into bed. Lisa's waiting outside if you're up for some company after the doctor has

I'd love to

her job." Jayden stands,

Harris walks in the

says with a nod before turning her attention to me. "Winona, how are