Chapter 85

“No. That’s not possible.”

He quirks his head. “Stop me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure your former husband would have s*x with you.”

Yes. All the time.

Sometimes multiple times. Daily.

I gulp.

My hands instinctively go to my stomach.

Adam’s gaze goes to the cooler across the room where he’s storing my chemotherapy then back to me.

“I, uh, can’t take the drugs to ki ll the ca ncer without k illing my baby.”

He frowns. His eyes are so kind. But the pity I see there… it ki lls

“This particular ca ncer…no.”

tug out my hair tie and twist

his

baby to five

keep the baby in NICU. But the statistics for premature births are quite good.” Adam frowns. “But if you forego treatments that long… the ca ncer will have spread completely. You’d be down to days left on

like I’m going to pu ke again. “So

unnerved him. “I’ll confer with Dr. Henley. We can run more

still his hand. “Hey. We both knew this was a longshot. Can we transfer the embryo? Maybe find a surrogate?”

that I’m going to di e, but I

fetus or embryo are very rare

or something, it’s actually easier because once the embryo is implanted, it either takes or it doesn’t. You already have a successful pregnancy. Attempting a uterine procedure can complicate or terminate that.

high risk to

time?” I ask Adam.

nods. “For the baby. But if you delay your treatments that long,

won’t be

aggressive chemo and radiation immediately. And that was before the transfer of my father’s powers that have also boosted the aggressiveness

need to abort. We can start treatments. There is still a chance

“No,” I whisper.

“Please.”

ask more questions, but Adam looks positively

shell shocked myself. “Hey, Adam, can we keep this information between ourselves

if I’d grown up here. Would Adam be the father of

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