No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 803

I only trust her.

"It's okay, I've seen your ultrasound. The baby looks great," Fanny reassured me with a slight, almost imperceptible smile that was enough to calm my racing heart. "Fanny, you have to help me keep this baby safe," I pleaded, anxiety lacing my voice.

"Of course, it's the love child of you and Mr. Collins," Fanny teased, trying to lighten the mood.

Conrad turned away, but in that fleeting moment, I caught a glimpse of lingering sadness in his eyes.

In the story of us, I'd managed to walk away unscathed. He said he was over it, but I wasn't so sure.

Thanks to Fanny's arrangements, I was admitted into the hospital room, and it was a VIP suite, not just her break room.

The pain in my abdomen had subsided, and there wasn't any more bleeding. I felt a wave of relief wash over me, enough to let my mind wander a bit. "So, this Dr. Alison, she seems to have just appeared out of nowhere. What's her story?"

Fanny hesitated for a brief moment. "She's Milly's aunt or maybe her godmother."

I got the picture immediately. I studied Fanny's expression; it was the same as always, but she seemed a bit more worn, a bit more tired.

born out of deep disappointment, Yates had been the love of her youth. Severing

feeling

over, so I didn't try. I just let it be and

him," Fanny replied. She wasn't one to turn the other cheek. If someone wronged her, she wasn't about to

no-nonsense surgeon, charging for every

cutting yourself. I'm not that foolish," Fanny said as she peeled

like Fanny, but it was refreshing. Fanny, on the

at all," I said, enjoying

you not know? Aren't

me a

thinking back. "I've been

you know that."

since Ernest

ét

he faked

broke