Chapter 411 Guilt-Tripping

“What is it?” Elliot asked.

“Five years ago, we… we had a baby together.”

Elliot had one hand in his pocket as he stood in front of the French windows in the study, and when he heard what Hayley said over the phone, his eyes widened. “What are you talking about?”

“Our baby didn’t manage to survive, but I was looking through my stuff and I found the sonogram from all those years ago. Our baby…” Hayley let out a heartbreaking sob. “I lost the baby at three months… I’m so sorry for not being able to keep him.”

He was shell-shocked. He never thought that he had hurt Hayley more than she let on five years ago, and he didn’t ever expect her to have gone through a miscarraige.

“I didn’t know that I was pregnant at the time. I was always so overworked and tired, and by the time I found out I was expecting a baby, the fetal heartbeat had stopped.” She was crying even more mournfully now on the other line as she went on to say, “It was all my fault. I didn’t know I was having a baby. If I did, I would have done everything I could to bring the baby into this world.”

yourself up over this; maybe this is just

a side effect from the miscarriage. Elliot, I want to see you, right now…” Hayley pleaded, “Can you please come over and

He frowned. “Right now?”

I’m really, really unwell, and I want to see you. Please,” she

I’ll go over now,” he agreed. He couldn’t believe that Hayley

to come in. “I need to head out for a while. Mrs. Collins

replied with

obsidian eyes as he gazed at her. He didn’t want her to know that he was going over to Hayley’s place because he didn’t want to hurt

time will you be back?”

later

She didn’t want to intrude

her a long

She happily grabbed her cosmetic bag and began to put on her make-up so that she looked ready to welcome

lights. A delighted smile curled on her lips, and she was entirely happy with how the

her wardrobe to pull on a stunning negligee that revealed just the right amount of skin. After that, she grabbed a

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