Chapter 4 : The Pregnancy

Stefan’s POV

The call from Greymore Hospital was short. The nurse told me Naomi collapsed during a meeting at the cancer research institute, and her blood work confirmed a pregnancy. Naomi told the staff to keep the news quiet, but Amber Falls pack law gave them no choice. I was the future Alpha, so council rules forced the hospital to report any potential Catwright heir right away.

I put the phone down on my desk.

My mind went straight to the night we spent together two months ago. We drank too much wine in the sitting room, let our guard down, and ended up together on the couch. I remembered every detail of that night. I knew what happened between us.

Yet my wolf-blood had a biological block. Clan specialists tested me for years, and every single doctor gave me the same answer. My body was healthy, but my wolf-blood rejected conception through normal werewolf reproduction. My father took me to clinics across the territory, but nobody could change the diagnosis. I grew up knowing I could never father a child.

The thought of Naomi cheating made no sense to me. Despite the fact I spent the past months pushing her away, she remained committed to me.

Still, my medical history was clear. My blood could not produce a pregnancy. Both things could not be true at the same time.

My parents walked into the study.

My mother took one look at my face and asked what was wrong.

“Greymore Hospital called,” I said. “Naomi collapsed at work. She is pregnant.”

My mother gasped with real hope. She asked if Naomi was safe.

My father stood beside her, his face dark with worry. He asked why I was still sitting at my desk.

“Because the child cannot be mine,” I said.

The hope died out of my mother’s face, replaced by sharp disappointment.

“You know what the specialists told me,” I said. “My wolf-blood does not permit conception. It goes against everything doctors know about my body.”

“Doctors make mistakes,” my mother said.

“Every doctor we ever saw?” I asked.

My father was angry with me. He asked if I had already decided my wife slept with another man.

“I did not say that,” I answered. “I remember the night we spent together two months ago. But my blood cannot father a child. It makes no sense.”

“Then stop sitting here,” my father said. “Go to the hospital. Talk to Naomi, and take a DNA test.”

“A test will only tell us what we already know,” I said.

“Then you have nothing to fear,” he replied.

I stood up and grabbed my coat. I wanted the test too. I refused to accuse Naomi without facts, but I could not accept an impossible child without proof.

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Naomi’s POV

I sat on the hospital bed with the lab report in my hands my chest so heavy and tight.

“I want an abortion,” I told Dr. Roslyn.

Dr. Roslyn looked sympathetic, but she shook her head. “We cannot schedule that without your husband’s approval.”

My husband’s approval? Same man who betrayed me and rejected me on our wedding day?

“My body my choice.” I stated

“I understand Mrs. Catwright, but you have to exercise patience. Mr. Catwright has already been called and should be here soon.

I couldn’t believe my ears. I laughed bitterly. “What are you talking about? I specifically told you not to call him didn’t I?”

She looked apologetic when she apologized. “I am deeply sorry, but law required us to notify Mr. Catwright the moment your blood test showed a pregnancy. He is the future Alpha, and council rules order us to report any child of the Catwright bloodline.”

I was still furious. “I don’t want to see him!”

“Our hands are tied by clan law,” she said.

She left the room to give me space. I picked up the bedside phone and called my father. I needed someone on my side who cared about me instead of pack succession rules.

My father arrived twenty minutes later, with mom right behind him.

“Why are you in a hospital bed?” Katerina asked, looking annoyed. “People are already talking because you left your husband’s house so what now?, you caused another scene?”

“Naomi fainted at her lab, Katerina,” my father snapped. He came to the bed and took my hand. “What did the doctors find, sweetheart?”

“I am pregnant,” I said with a sad fallen face.

Katerina looked shocked, and then a greedy look entered her eyes. My father just stared at me refusing to believe the words he just heard.

“Is Stefan the father?” he asked.

“Yes,” I quickly answered . “He is the only man I have ever been with.”

The door opened before my father could answer.

Stefan walked inside, with his parents following him into the room and our eyes met. Inside me, my wolf pounced in excitement the moment she saw him. Stefan held my gaze for a long moment before he looked at anyone else in the room.

Seeing Stefan brought all the humiliation from our wedding night right back to the surface.

“What are you doing here?” I asked.

“Dr. Roslyn called me,” Stefan said.

“I told the staff to leave you out of this,” I told him.

“I am your husband,” he said before stepping forward. “At least we’re still married, you don’t expect our marriage ended because you moved out.”

“You do have some nerves Stefan.” I fired back. Everyone around kept glancing from me to him as we went back and forth until my father stepped between us to shield me. “Do not come here to harass my daughter, Stefan. She needs rest.”

Stefan looked past my father and focused straight on me. “Is the baby mine?”

The question felt like an insult. “That is what you came here to ask?”

“You know what the specialists told me about my wolf-blood,” Stefan said.

“So you think I was with another man,” I said, the bitterness burning in my throat.

“I remember the night we spent on the couch two months ago,” Stefan said. “I did not forget it. But doctors spent years testing my blood. They told me I could never father a child. What else am I supposed to think?”

“You told me you regretted marrying me,” I said, my voice shaking with fury. “You said you did not want me as your wife. Now you walk in here and insult my dignity too.”

Mrs. Catwright spoke from the doorway, pleading with Stefan to stop.

Katerina stepped up, eager to defend our family standing like the caring mother she is. “How dare you question my daughter’s conduct, Stefan Catwright!“

I was astonished by that because that was the first time she ever stood up for me.

“I want proof,” Stefan demanded ignoring her. “If the baby is mine, a DNA test will settle it.”

I gave a dry laugh. “A DNA test.”

“Yes,” Stefan said.

“The baby is yours,” I told him, making sure my voice was loud and clear. “I never touched another man. You were the only one.”

Stefan looked doubtful. “Then take the test.”

I looked at his sharp, handsome face and those striking blue eyes. Months ago, his broad shoulders and commanding presence gave me foolish hope. Now, the sight of him only sickened me. I was tired of his arrogance, tired of his doubts, and sick to death of begging him to see me as human.

My father turned to me. “Naomi, you do not have to prove anything to him after how he treated you.”

“Yes, I do, Dad,” I said. I refused to let Stefan Catwright or anyone in Amber Falls brand me a cheat. “He will have his test. I will not let him walk out of here and tell everyone I lied.”

Dr. Roslyn came back into the room. “If you both agree to paternity testing, we will use a non-invasive prenatal test. We take a sample of Naomi’s blood to isolate the fetal cells, and we take a blood sample from Stefan.”

“Draw the blood today,” I said.

“We can take the samples now,” Dr. Roslyn said. “However, you are very early in your pregnancy. The laboratory has to separate the fetal DNA from your bloodline before testing the match. It will take a few days.”

“Take the samples,” Stefan said.

A nurse drew the blood from my arm. Stefan went into the next room to give his sample.

When the nurse finished, nobody had anything left to say. Stefan left with his parents without looking back at me.

My father signed my release forms, and I went back to my room at his house.

A few days later, my phone rang.

Dr. Roslyn was on the line. The laboratory finished the tests, and she needed Stefan and me in her office at Greymore Hospital.