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Chapter Twenty-Eight

Author: Ellie Wynters
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-06-12 19:34:31

Helena’s POV

Four Days Later

“Congratulations, Mrs. Sinclair. You’re approximately six or seven weeks pregnant.”

I kept my face blank while my stomach dropped like a fucking elevator with cut cables. This couldn’t be happening. Not now. Not to me.

“Are you certain?” My voice stayed steady. Years of practice.

Dr. Lambert smiled, oblivious to the fact I wanted to smash her smug face into her desk. “Absolutely. Your blood work confirms it.”

Six or seven weeks. I did the math quickly, panic rising. During those weeks I’d been with Hunter, yes, but also Paulo. And that British investor whose name I barely remembered.

A fucking parasite. Growing inside me. Ruining the body I’d spent thousands maintaining. And I couldn’t even be sure whose it was.

“I know this must be quite a shock,” Dr. Lambert continued, mistaking my silence for happy surprise. “Especially given your previous diagnosis.” Dr. Lambert was my regular GP, not the fertility specialist I had paid off to say I was barren.

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