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"Wh-what are you talking about Meghan?" Zack laughed. "What do you mean the child you are carrying is not-"

“The doctor’s made a mistake and I was artificially inseminated by another man’s semen," I blurted out, still sobbing.

Zack’s laughter turned into disbelief as he turned to face me, and after seeing the seriousness in my eyes, his face quickly changed into something borderline furious. 

“What? Are you kidding me?” he exclaimed, shocked.

I shook my head and went on to explain everything that the doctor had told me about the mix-up at the fertility clinic. It took me ages to complete the simple story since I kept on bursting into tears intermittently. By the time I was done, Zack had realized that this was not a joke, and he grew livid.

 “Are you serious right now? How could this even happen?” he shouted.

I grabbed onto him to stop him from rising and storming away in anger.

“Zack, I would never lie about something like this. I, I do not have the foggiest idea what to do Zack. I don't know, I'm just, I'm just so lost," I sobbed.

I start to cry, unable to hold back my tears any more, “I’m so sorry Zack.. So so sorry!” 

"No it can't be true, tell me you are joking and that what you just said is a fucking lie" he yelled, clenching his hands into tight fist by his sides.

I shook my head, “no Zack, it’s not a lie. It's the truth."

Zack stood frozen by the spot as he stared at my still flat stomach. I could see Zack's face distorting from rage to anger. His eyes becoming a shade darker, the once calm temperature in the room had already gone up by many degrees.

"Bitch!!!" Zack yelled, startling me immediately after I finished telling him everything.

“I fucking knew it. I fucking knew you were a whore all these times. Tell me, it was your plan with the doctor huh? You told him to switch the sperm with that of your lover, didn’t you?” His voice was filled with so much rage as he grabbed me roughly over the shoulder.

“Zack please stop! You’re hurting me” I start to plead but his grip only tighten.

"How dare you?!" Zack rages on staring intensely at me, "How dare you bring back a bastard child and try to call it mine?!!, you've got some guts coming back here to tell me you're pregnant?!"

“Zack please, it’s not like that. The doctor said it was a mist….”

I didn’t even get to finish my sentence before he interrupted me midway, "..if it was a damn mistake like you claim then why did you even bother to come back in the first place. Why didn’t you get rid of it”

My eyes widen at his words as more tears continued to trickled down my cheek. Did he just said to get rid of it? Just like that?

Gosh, I don’t know what I was expecting but this wasn’t the reaction I was hoping he'd throw at me. Zack was like a totally different person right now and it’s scaring the life out of me.

“ Zack please, I know you are upset but please, let talk about this calmly”

“The only time I’m going to be calm is when you go back there and flush out that thing you carry” Zack said pointing at my stomach, causing me to flinch backward, my eyes wide with panic.

The more i listened to Zack's words, the more I was starting to realized how wrong I was to think he'd be more reasonable. His words were too harsh and I don’t know how long before it get blown out of hand.

"But Zack, I can't do this, we've tried so much before I was able to get pregnant!" I said, trying to argue but my words did not affect Zack as he only glared at me in a threatening manner.

"Do you think I'm going to accept that bastard of yours as mine? Because if that’s the case then you must be delusional"

"But...."

"Don't but me!!" Zack yelled, making me shiver visibly.

"If you know what’s good for you then you would head back to that damn hospital and have that doctor rid you of that child"

"But Zack, this could be the answer to our prayers. This could easily be the moon goddess's gift to us after so many years of trying, I wouldn't want to do anything to it!"

I grab hold of his hand before placing it against my lower abdomen so he could feel the little heart beating within me an for a moment, I saw something flashed through his eyes and i sighed, looking hopefully at Zack hoping he was going to change his mind.

"A gift?" Zack laughed maniacally, as he pulled his hand away, "You dare call that bastard a gift!"

"But it's a gift," I said, trying to argue even though I knew I had no point.

"Shut the hell up! Don't you dare call that bastard a gift in front of me!" Zack barked, "Go back to that doctor of yours and get rid of that thing, or else you will regret it!"

"But I can't abort it, it already has a life!" I sighed, touching my stomach and looking at Zack hoping he was going to say something.

"I don't care if it has a life or not, get rid of it and do it fast if you still want to be my Luna" Zack threatened.

I shuddered, staring at Zack not believing my ears. never imagined that he would react this way. He was normally calm and collected, but this was different. I could see the fury in his eyes and hoped that he would understand that the situation was not under our control. 

"Zack, don't  make me do this, this could be our child!" I pleaded.

"Our child?" Zack laughed, "You call that bastard my child! How dare you?!"

"But..." I fumbled with words not knowing what to say next.

"Are you going to get rid of that bastard or do you want me to do it for you?!" Zack's voice came again.

"I...."

"Answer me!" Zack yelled, cutting me off. His eyes were already red from anger and his veins were already bulging out of his head.

"I can't touch it, it already has life!" I muttered slowly looking at Zack who was staring at me murderously.

"So you won't get rid of it!" Zack's voice suddenly became calm as he stared at me.

"Do you think I wouldn't get rid of it for you?!" He frowned as a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I'll be asking you one last time, it's either you get rid of that thing yourself or I get rid of it for you!"

"But..."

"Answer me!!" Zack yelled.

At this moment, I knew he wasn't joking, he might do something to me and the fetus.

I didn't want to abort the baby, but the fear of Zack doing something had clouded my mind at this moment and I couldn't think straight.

I wanted to refuse but I couldn't do it. I had no other choice but to accept at this moment.

With my voice trembling, I spoke up, "Fine, I'll abort it!"