Chapter 55

I fell onto my knees at that instant.

She’s pregnant.

Skylar is carrying my baby.

We’re going to have a baby.

Our baby.

No.

No.

No.

Skylar needs to survive.

“No.,” I said. “You can’t let anything happen to her or the baby. Please.” I begged her. “Please save them.”

“It’s a very risky job.” She explained. “She has a bullet inside her. And we don’t think a pregnant mother can survive it.”

“No.. she can’t just leave me alone. We cannot let our baby die.”

“We’re going to give your best. We’ll try to save both of them.” She said.

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It has been five hours already. Everyone I knew was in the hospital.

I decided to not disclose about the pregnancy to anyone. Although I don’t want to be a pessimist about it, I can’t help but be practical about the situation.

I knew that the odds weren’t in my favour. And if just one of them survives through the operation, I don’t want Skylar to know we were ever going to have a baby.

Owen thought that was extremely cruel of me to even think about it. But I