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.”

crying,” Elliot urged gently. “That’s enough now. Don’t beat yourself up over this; maybe this is just

whenever winter comes around. The doctor mentioned that it’s a side effect from the miscarriage. Elliot, I want to see you, right now…”

He frowned. “Right now?”

really, really unwell, and I

couldn’t believe that Hayley had suffered a

bedroom when Elliot pushed the door open to come in. “I need to head out for a while. Mrs.

replied

his 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

time will you be

little later

Go ahead.” She didn’t want to intrude too

long look, then turned and

into her room and sat down in front of the vanity. She happily

plastic surgery had healed over, and having gone through a rigorous skin treatment, she was glowing beautifully under the lights. A delighted smile curled on

on a stunning negligee that revealed just the right amount of skin. After that, she grabbed a white fur coat

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