Chapter 254

Ruby froze for a second. —Daniel knew. Sure enough, his voice turned even rougher as he asked, "Why didn’t you tell me? Why didn’t you say you were pregnant? If you'd just told me…" Ruby gave a bitter laugh, one that was even sadder than crying. Her voice was barely audible, raspy and broken: "You wanted me to beg you to marry me?" "But didn’t you agree to marry someone else while you were in Alderwen? No calls, no warning—just jumped into another engagement? Daniel, what choice did I have? Did you give me one? That day, who put his new lover in the lounge? Who made a big show of the engagement? If you really cared, would you have left me in the dark like that?" "I’ll have this baby—but her last name will be Davies." "On her birth certificate, under parents, it'll say Jason Davies and Ruby Henderson. Not you." Then she shut her eyes softly. Tears slipped down her cheeks. She was so tired, so worn out she didn’t even have the energy to hate anymore. All she wanted was for him to vanish.