Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 878

"You've got to face reality, Tiana. The tests and my own assessments confirm it.

Infertility isn't always absolute, Tiana. If you weren't careful, there's always a chance..."

"No, that can't be." Tiana bit her pale lip, fighting back tears, shaking her head in denial. "It's impossible. There's been some mistake, Whitney. Don't dwell on it, okay? Just leave the hospital. It's a minor mix-up; I'll talk to the doctor and clear it all up." With that, she clumsily slid off the hospital bed, pushing past Whitney.

Whitney's patience snapped.

"Are you running from this?" she growled, gripping Tiana's frail shoulders. "Running won't solve anything! If you push me away, what will you do? How do you plan to handle this, and what about the baby?" "There is no baby, I beg of you, stop it."

Tears blurred Tiana's vision, her voice a croak. It was Parker's child, deep down, she knew!

But she was at a loss.

This was all so sudden. Even confiding in Whitney felt utterly humiliating, let alone figuring out what to do next.

This was trouble! Clearly, trouble that should never have arrived...

Whitney didn't give Tiana the chance to retreat into her shell. With a snort of derision, she pulled Tiana towards the door, "You don't believe it, huh? Fine, let's confront the doctor together. They'll run another test to confirm!" "Stay out of it, Whitney."

Tiana resisted, pushing back. "I'm not going to see the doctor now, do you hear me?"

"You won't believe it until you see the coffin, will you!"

Whitney was determined, refusing to let Tiana push her away after such a bombshell. She dragged her all the way to the doctor's office.

The doctor, who had just handed Whitney the test results, looked up in surprise at Tiana, frowning. "A family member, are you? Why did you let the patient get up? I already told you, it's early pregnancy complications that led to her symptoms, not just a simple flu or stomach bug.

treating it

drained of color at the

to the doctor. "Sorry, Doctor. My friend here can't believe she's pregnant. That's why we had to

hospital's a playground? We take every test seriously... Forgive me for being blunt, miss, but looking at you, I have to ask-are you considering not keeping the baby because

as if her soul was exposed, her lips pressed

life. Although I understand you mean well, my friend thought she was infertile due to a past trauma, which is why she's struggling to

blunder, apologized. "My mistake. I assumed, seeing a young, beautiful woman not wanting her child-we see it too often here. If infertility was due to an injury... and now there's a miracle pregnancy, these one-in-a-million chances do happen. There are no absolutes in medicine. Miss, you're over a month pregnant, and in another month, it'll be too late to decide otherwise.

be more specific?" Whitney's

overwhelmed, stole a glance at her. "Whitney, please

at the end of the month,"

calculated. "Then it's been about 35 to 45

dawning. "Tiana, 45 days ago, you disappeared! Please, just tell me... were you harmed by Bryce and Jarvis's people? You mentioned escaping to Saltland Island, being

Whitney would strip away her last shred of dignity if

treating it as a nightmare, not to

Not yet ready.

Parker? He had no inkling he'd touched her, let alone that she was

to think, to figure out what to

mind was a tangled mess, but Whitney seemed hell-bent on uncovering a

escape this place. She covered her head with her hands, her voice hoarse, "I wasn't harmed, don't worry or rush me. Even if you keep asking, I won't say because... I don't want to! Pregnancies happen, young

I'm an adult. I

a big deal out of this. I'm not falling apart; you're the one who seems about

she'd have lashed out. "How can you even say you're not falling apart?

none of your

those who

hear it? Parker?" Whitney sensed something amid the

all pointed to Parker, the one person Tiana was