The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 78

Ella & Alexander

Ella

Alexander’s words were like a slap across the fucking face.

“Our contract said we would never have children,” he said curtly. Then, without another word, he turned and walked into the bathroom.

Not “I don’t want children” or “I’m not ready” or even “we should wait.” No, Alexander had immediately

fallen back on that damned contract.

I stared at him as he disappeared into the bathroom, the sound of running water filling the silence he’d left behind. My hand drifted to my stomach again, covering the tiny life growing there that Alexander clearly had no interest in knowing about.

Of course he wouldn’t want a baby. Why had I even entertained the possibility that he might? The contract

we’d signed five years ago had explicitly stated that he would never have children with me.

We had already broken the contract’s stipulations by sleeping together once, and he wasn’t going to make a

second mistake.

I was such an idiot for thinking that our night together had meant anything to him. For believing that maybe, just maybe, he might have developed some feelings for me over the years and that I was wrong

about his intentions.

But no, Alexander saw me exactly the same way he always had: as a temporary inconvenience that he had

to endure until he could find a way to legally discard me.

And now I was carrying his child, a child he would never want.

A child he would never know about.

decided to keep the baby, I wouldn’t let him know

way to get out of this sham of a marriage before I started to show, and then I

of: I would run away, to the coast, somewhere he

become a responsible parent instead of the carefree young woman I’d dreamed of

happy. Lilith and… we would be the best mothers

it wise to have the child now? I was sick and stuck in a marriage

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Evelyn had made herself clear when she said that keeping the baby could be dangerous. for both of us, and I felt no closer to curing this

up to my chin and turned onto my side, facing away from the bathroom. My hand stayed pressed against

might not be wanted by its father, but I wanted it. Despite everything, I wanted this

could I bring myself to bring a child into a world where its own father didn’t

mother from certain death?

Alexander

but it did nothing to wash away the image of Ella’s face when I’d mentioned the contract. She’d looked like I’d struck her, all the color draining from

to hide

my wolf said eagerly. “Our mate wants to

thought sent a thrill

trying to quiet the images that were suddenly flooding my mind. Ella with a rounded belly, glowing with health and happiness. A small child with red hair and her eyes running through the mansion’s

I wanted it so badly it

asked about children, I’d panicked. Out of instinct, I had cited the contract that disallowed us from having children, even though we’d already broken it by

make her mine. To put a baby

still didn’t know if I could trust her. Her family had likely orchestrated my parents‘

I’d grown to care about her, I still had no concrete proof that

weapon.

I was even more

that I would even entertain such a notion. But

no matter how much I

I finally turned it off and grabbed

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