The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)
Chapter 10
Chapter 10
I stared at Steven in disbelief.
He quickly handed me the test results. He was clearly looking forward to the arrival of this new life. "You suddenly fainted last night. I was so scared. The doctor ran some tests and found out you're pregnant.
"But with all the stress you've been under lately, your emotions have been unstable, and the baby is at risk. You'll need to stay in the hospital for a while to stabilize the pregnancy."
I took the paper from him. The moment I saw the image of the tiny, unformed life, I couldn't look away. The sight of it brought a small sense of comfort to my shattered heart. Gently, I placed a hand over my abdomen, my mind swirling with thoughts.
Growing up in a single-parent household after my father passed away, I didn't want my child to go through the same.
"Steven," I said, breaking the silence.
He looked at me, confused. "Yes?"
I lifted my gaze and felt a new resolve. "I'm willing to move past everything that's happened. For the sake of this child, let's try to be the way we were before. Can we do that?" Steven met my eyes, then nodded. "Yes."
He then took out a small velvet box. "Honey." His expression was slightly nervous as he opened it to reveal a pair of lily-shaped earrings.
I was surprised. He rarely gave me gifts since we got married. "What's this?"
"It's a present for you," he replied, his voice a bit tense.
"Thank you." I accepted it.
Despite everything that had happened over the past few days, the little life growing inside me gave me a glimmer of happiness.
Just then, Steven's phone rang, and he said he had to leave for work. After a quick kiss, he left the room.
I gently touched my stomach, feeling a sense of tenderness.
At this moment, my phone pinged with a notification. I opened it absentmindedly. It was a message from Zachary-an image of Jessica's Instagram post.
I tapped on it and saw the caption read, "Thank you, Mr. Pelham, for the diamond ring this morning. By the way, the jewelry store has terrible taste. They threw in these ugly lily-shaped earrings as a freebie. They looked so cheap, so I told Mr. Pelham to toss them." The photo was a selfie of Jessica. What caught the eye most was her hand resting against her cheek, with a massive diamond ring on her ring finger.
gemstone had a flawless cut, and even
I gripped my phone tightly. The spot where Steven had kissed me felt like
unconscious, my husband wasn't worried about me. Instead, he was buying an
tried to placate me with the cheap freebies
so
believe that I was so easy to appease and that I would be grateful for her leftovers
despair crashed over
he keep hurting me like this and
lip, I felt the room spin
my phone rang, snapping me out
I answered, "Hello?"
miss you, Mommy. Can you come
and he'd do something foolish again, I immediately got up and said, "I'll come right now. Where are you?" "You just need to step outside,
stairs. The sunlight
such a strange thing. Even though he had done so many things to hurt me
crouched down in front
stared at me. "Ms. Jessie told me that you're pregnant. Even if Daddy doesn't love you, he'll stay with you for the baby. Is
heart sank. Why was Jessica telling
me because of what I did. And when you have another baby, you'll shift your attention to them and won't love me anymore." Had he really thought about
still just a child, and when faced with problems, he didn't know how to ask
son. No matter what, I will
Jessie also said if the baby was gone, Daddy would only
sent a chill down my
kind of things had Jessica been telling
ward and have a proper talk. He shouldn't be dragged into
could take a step, I felt my body
small voice. "I'm sorry, Mommy. Mommy Jessie
heart
everything outrageous Zachary had done recently, I understood he was just a child, and I never held it against
Yet, he seemed so indifferent to the fact that
to open my eyes to see Zachary. Through the haze, I
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