Chapter 61: The Love of a Child

Moana

“It’s your baby!” I blurted out. Edrick fell silent, his eyes wide with disbelief. Beside me, Selina gasped and clapped a hand over her mouth. Even I was shocked by my own candidness.

“I– I’ll leave you two alone,” Selina muttered. I didn’t break my gaze from Edrick, but I heard the sound of her feet scurrying toward the door followed by the sound of the door closing.

Edrick was silent for the longest time before he finally spoke. “Is this true?” His voice was so low it was almost a whisper, a stark contrast from how angrily he was speaking to me before.

“Yes,” I replied, nodding solemnly. “It’s yours. Five weeks along — six, now, actually.”

Edrick went silent again. He seemed to be calculating. I just hoped that he trusted me enough to believe me. Finally, he nodded and I felt my heart rate go back down in relief. I watched as he sat down on the armchair across from my bed and sank down into it, holding his hand on his forehead as he stared at the floor.

Finally, he said something. “Are you going to keep it?” he asked.

don’t know,” I replied. “I guess I want to, but I think that you should

looking at me with a somber expression. “It’s your choice,” he said. “If you want to

there was still the looming question of whether or not the baby would have a father in its life, as well as whether I would keep

the month?” I asked, my voice quivering slightly as

said, much to my surprise. “Ella is too attached to you for me to send you away,

let out a small sigh of relief. “So you accept the baby as your own,

to pound out of my chest. My anxieties only increased when his face, which

that I will never marry you, so if all of this was some sort of twisted scheme to marry a rich man, then maybe you should abort the pregnancy after

was more concerned by how he mentioned that he would never marry me. Not only that, but he also seriously thought that

never use a child for some sort of

“Good.”

turned around, his expression cold and emotionless, and started to head toward the door before pausing and turning back to face me with that

I’ll provide the necessary financial support to ensure that the child leads a good life, just like Ella. But keep in mind as you make your decision that you will never get a marriage out of

was steady and matter-of-fact, as though he were simply giving a financial report to his business colleagues

to well up in my eyes at the Alpha billionaire’s cold demeanor. To him, it seemed that discovering that he was potentially going to have another child was

think about it,” I

as well. Then, without another

soon as I was alone once more, the tears began to flow. Because of my low social status as a human nanny, not only was I undeserving of respect, but my child was also undeserving of parents that were in a committed, loving marriage. It sickened me to my core, and as I began to sob, I couldn’t stop myself from thinking that this really would not be a healthy situation to bring

don’t know what to do, Mina,” I said out loud, not thinking what the implications could be if someone overheard me. I

since the first dream I had about her, I could tell that this pregnancy and the heartache surrounding it was weakening her. If I

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