When I got to the hospital, I was taken for a gynecological checkup while Neil waited outside.

I gave the doctor a brief rundown of my situation, followed by a series of tests. The results didn’t seem optimistic The doc suggested I stay in the hospital for a bit, which seriously bummed me out. I felt like a deflated balloon.

The man outside, is he your husband? Should we fill him in on your situation? You’ll need someone to take care of you, the doctor asked.

No, he’s just a friend. If I need his help, I’ll let him know Thanks.I replied wearily

After I was transferred to the ward, Neil came to my bedside and asked. What’s up? The doc wouldn’t tell me anything.

I requested the doctor to keep it confidential, so she wouldn’t inform Neil Patient privacy was respected in such cases.

Looking at Neil’s worried face, I knew he genuinely cared for me. He had left Bonnie behind to rush me to the hospital. This wasn’t some figment of my imagination. I was debating whether I should tell him the truth, give him a chance to decide.

If I could successfully deliver the baby, I wouldn’t shoo him away from visiting.

Neil, I was about to say when Neil’s phone rang

He glanced at the caller ID and picked up. After a few words, I got the gist of the conversation. It must be Kate on the other end.

How did it get so serious?

I’m on my way.

Alright, got it.

Neil had only sent me

if not, I would’ve been

hesitantly I smiled and said, “Go, you’ve done enough by

pretty badly. I’ll go check on her,”

I maintained a calm smile,

to show it. The child in my belly wasn’t just mine,

his brows and then

of the ward close, my heart remained

After a while, I asked the doctor to find

to visit me in the hospital. I

the time when Neil was taking me to the hospital. A picture of an injured ankle and a brief caption, “What hurts more than

upset thinking that the man she deeply loved chose to bring his unwell ex–wife to the hospital while she was injured.

it coming. I had endured countless painful moments of being abandoned, with Neil always choosing her

I was in so much chest pain that I was sweating bullets and hoped Neil would accompany me to the hospital. But then Bonnie called, saying she was pregnant, and Neil rushed over

accepted by the Whitmore family, pregnant

post. I was not sure if it

what happened? Why’re you suddenly in the gynecology ward?”

said if I don’t get treated, it might

here

want to tell anyone in

remember you being very

can only blame myself for being too sentimental back

This way, you can have a clean and straightforward divorce without too much entanglement. Otherwise, it would have been messier and the child would have been affected” Orlando

carefully sat up and started sipping the soup straight from the

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