CEO's Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery

Her belly was completely flat.

"A while back, I had gained a bit of weight, so I already had a little bit of a belly. Then, when I got pregnant, there was a slight bump. It wasn't that obvious, but you could tell. But now, look! There's nothing left." No fat.

And no baby.

Nina was stunned. She struggled to speak, "The baby... the baby's gone?"

For a mother, there was no greater pain than losing a child. Nina knew just how much Lydia had looked forward to this baby, and as a mother herself, she could deeply empathize.

In that moment, words felt so inadequate. Nothing she could say would ease the pain in Lydia's heart.

"Yeah," Lydia nodded. "Right after I lost the baby, I was in a daze. My mind was blank. I couldn't make sense of anything. But I'm not stupid. After I got off the operating table, a lot of things started to make sense. Mrs. Perez never thought highly of me, so why would she suddenly start treating me well?"

wished she could go back in time and slap some sense into herself. How could she have clung to hope, again and again, that Mrs. Perez would accept

ending, but

Perez would never approve of her. Pregnant or not, she would never

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with his mom and

than water. No matter what happened, a mother and her child could

just a suspicion. Even if she did have proof, what would

that

better to just walk away, cut all ties, and slowly let go of

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deepening. "I'd rather he didn't. I failed him once already. He deserves

could have foreseen such a horrible thing, and no one expects a grandmother to be so heartless." Nina was still reeling from what she