All Chapters of Beneath His Cold Vows: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Alicia's POV I'd been sitting in the living room for hours when Edward's car came into the drive, the sound muted in the late evening quiet. The afternoon had passed in a strange kind of numbness. After returning from the hospital, I went to our bedroom to put away the few things I'd packed for th

Alicia's POV "The ICU was quieter this morning, the frantic alarms and shouted instructions from two nights ago now replaced by the small beeps of machines and the low murmur of nurses at their stations. They’d gone back in to stop bleeding around her heart — not a new problem, but a dangerous comp

We settled into our seats, and immediately a server appeared with water and menus. The sight of the leather-bound menu made my stomach clench. I opened it anyway, scanning the options while Harrison traded pleasantries with Edward about the weather, the traffic, meaningless pleasantries that precede

Two pink lines. I stared at the pregnancy test on the bathroom counter, my reflection fractured in the mirror behind it. The lines remained clear, like scars that refused to fade. They stayed stubbornly clear, two vertical bars that split my life into before and after. Pregnant. The word felt for

Alicia's POV The coffee shop was tucked away on a side street, where people minded their business. I'd picked it on purpose—far from anywhere Edward might go, miles from the circles where someone might recognize his wife having a breakdown over coffee. Elena was already there when I walked in, sit