Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 902:

After the test, Rachel had to wait another hour for the results. When she finally received the report, she could tell from the values that she was indeed pregnant.

She took the report to the doctor, who calculated the gestational age of the baby—fourteen weeks.

At this stage, most mothers would have already had an ultrasound to check the baby’s position. Some would have even heard the baby’s heartbeat. It was no surprise, then, that the doctor advised her to get an ultrasound that very same day.

Rachel hesitated. “I’ll think about it.”

It was just one, unexpected night. How could she be pregnant? And with Brian’s child, no less.

If this had happened a few years ago, Rachel would probably have been elated by the news. But that one night had been an accident, nothing more, and they were no longer anything to each other. Should she keep the baby?

Rachel had always believed that a child was the fruit of love shared between a couple, but the one she carried was entirely unplanned.

hospital without taking the

clutching her phone. At one point, she typed out a

was she doing? She hadn’t even decided on the baby’s

make up her mind before involving Brian

them. If she chose to keep the baby, it

herself, she hoped her child would have all the love and support of both

to foster

it for an entire week before gathering the

almost breathless with disbelief. “Did you get the supplements I sent

??

times since their last call, but Rachel hadn’t responded. It felt like she had momentarily

last week anxious and frazzled,

I received them, thank you. Uhm…” Rachel bit her lower lip and slowly inhaled. “Are you