Chapter 855:

“Nyla?” Hadley tilted her head, puzzled.

“I’ve heard it all.” Nyla’s gaze settled on Hadley’s flat stomach. “It’s Eric’s fault—he didn’t look after you properly, and the baby’s gone.”

“What?” Hadley reeled, caught off guard.

On her way over, she’d braced for Nyla knowing about the baby’s loss… But how had Eric framed it? Did he tell Nyla it was his negligence that cost them the child? Why would he?

Outside the hospital room, Eric gripped his phone, talking to Ernest. “It’s not a big deal—just a spike of emotion… I’ll fill you in later. Yeah, okay…”

He hung up, turning to step inside.

As he pushed the door, Hadley emerged, and they collided.

Reflexively, Eric steadied her with a hand.

Their eyes locked briefly before darting apart.

withdrawing her arm and tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. “She’s okay,

“Alright.” Eric nodded, silent.

wanted to offer a lift but

over how he had shielded her with Nyla… For a few moments,

she turned to go, Eric’s gaze snagged on something on the back of

clip tucked into

was a cute Minnie

been spending her days at home, mostly in Joy’s company. She didn’t even know when Joy had slipped

𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧴ℭ𝗈𝗺

looked at it

was tiny, about the size of a thumb, adorned with white diamonds and a red bow. It

identical to the

He had never seen

go

last saw Joy. He

her treatment progressing

Hold on…

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