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.

“I guess I want to, but I think

from in front of his face and leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, looking at me with a somber expression. “It’s your choice,” he said. “If you want to keep it,

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

want me out within the month?” I asked,

you for me to send you away, and above all else, I want what’s

“So

only increased when his face, which had softened temporarily when I told him about my pregnancy, suddenly hardened again. He stood and crossed

understand 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 all and

head for a moment, wondering what he was going to say, but I was more concerned by how he

use a child for some sort of sick ulterior

“Good.”

head toward the door before pausing and turning back to face me with that steely gray gaze I

I’ll provide the necessary financial support to ensure that the child leads a good life, just

giving a financial report to his business colleagues and not speaking to the mother of his second

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 just another business transaction. Regardless,

think about

without another word, he

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

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

could tell that this pregnancy and the heartache surrounding it was weakening her. If I went through with the pregnancy before she

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