All Chapters of My Husband’s Pregnant Mistress Is Also His Fated: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

“I choose you.”I say it before he can stop me.His hand tightens around mine. “Aria, don’t.”“I choose you,” I repeat, my voice steady. “Not the crown. Not the chamber. You.”His jaw clenches. “This is not your burden.”“It became mine the moment I carried our child.”“You don’t understand what will happen.”“Then explain it again,” I demand. “Without protecting me from the truth.”His silence tells me enough.The chamber hum grows louder. I feel it in my bones. I feel it in the child.“He needs an anchor,” I say softly.Damon’s eyes darken. “I will not let you take my place.”“You already took mine when you chose to forget me.”Pain flickers across his face.“That was different.”“No,” I reply. “It was the same. You tried to carry everything alone.”“I was saving your life.”“And I am saving your soul.”The words surprised even me.He stares at me as if trying to remember something.“You think losing dominance will break me?” he asks quietly.“Yes,” I whisper. “Because you tie your

“You were always second.”Lucian’s words did not echo. They cut.Damon felt them land inside his chest like a blade pressed slow and deep.“I was never trying to be first,” Damon said quietly. “I was trying to protect you.”Lucian’s mouth curved, but there was no humor in it. “That is the problem. You always think you are protecting everyone. You never ask what we want.”Damon stepped closer. His fists were tight. His breathing was sharp. “What do you want, then? Tell me.”“I want you to stop acting like a king.”“I never asked to be one.”“You never refused it either.”Silence sat between them for one long second.Then Damon spoke again. “You stood beside Cassian.”Lucian’s eyes did not move. “Yes.”“You betrayed me.”Lucian’s jaw tightened. “You betrayed me first.”Damon felt anger rise. Hot. Heavy. “How?”“When your father died, you took the burden. You shut me out. You said it was to keep me safe.” Lucian’s voice cracked but did not break. “I did not want safety. I wanted the trut

“You cannot save us both.”Sera’s voice was quiet, but it did not shake.Aria lifted her head slowly. Pain ran through her body in sharp waves, but she forced herself to focus. “Do not say that.”“It is true,” Sera replied. “You feel it too.”Aria pressed her hand against her stomach. The child’s presence burned and pulsed beneath her palm. Strong. Alive. Watching.“I will not choose between you,” Aria said.Sera gave a small, sad smile. “You may not have to. Damon will.”The words struck hard.Aria swallowed. “He would never.”“He already has,” Sera said softly. “Every time he looks at you.”Aria’s chest tightened. “Do not twist his love.”“I am not,” Sera replied. “I am trying to understand it.”There was silence between them for a long moment.Aria studied Sera’s face. Pale, but steady. Bound, yet unbroken.“You still love him,” Aria said quietly.Sera did not look away. “Yes.”The honesty cut deeper than denial ever could.Aria felt something sharp rise in her throat. Jealousy. Fe

“Something inside me just decided it would not wait.”The words fell from my lips before I could stop them.Pain twisted through my body again, deep and sharp, like claws scraping against bone.I pressed my hand against my stomach and forced myself to breathe.“No… no, this isn’t happening,” I whispered.Another violent wave rolled through me.I clenched my teeth.“Too soon,” I muttered under my breath. “This is too soon.”My voice sounded thin. Fragile. I hated that.I had sworn I would never sound fragile again.But the truth was simple.Something was happening to my child.And I had no control over it.A deep voice cut through the chamber walls.“Aria!”Damon.His voice was rough. Urgent.For a moment, my chest tightened with something painful and familiar.He still sounded like the man I once loved.I swallowed hard.“Stay back,” I called weakly.Silence followed.Then his voice again, sharper this time.“I am not staying back.”My breath shook.“You have to,” I said. “Something i

“Take my life instead.”The words left my mouth before anyone else could speak.Aria gasped.Lucian’s head snapped toward me.Cassian’s eyes sharpened with sudden interest.For a moment, nobody moved. Nobody breathed.Then Aria shook her head weakly.“No,” she whispered. “Damon, don’t say that.”But I had already made the choice.I looked at Cassian.“You heard me.”Cassian tilted his head slightly.“I did,” he replied calmly.Lucian’s voice cut through the air like a blade.“Have you lost your mind?”I ignored him.My eyes stayed on Cassian.“You said the ritual can stabilize the birth.”Cassian folded his arms slowly.“It can.”“Then do it.”Aria grabbed my wrist suddenly.Her grip was weak but desperate.“You don’t understand what you’re saying,” she said.I turned toward her.Her eyes were full of fear.Real fear.Not anger. Not hate. Fear.That look hit something deep inside me.“I understand perfectly,” I said quietly.“You’re offering your life,” she said.“I’m offering a solut