Chapter 349

His silence already gave me the answer. He really suspected the child wasn’t his. My heart felt like it had been pierced by a bullet, the emptiness swallowing me completely. The pain was overwhelming, gnawing at every part of me. Before this, no matter how hurtful Ella’s words were, they couldn’t compare to the heartbreak from Henry’s look of mistrust. It was crushing. I couldn’t even breathe, terrified that if I did, I’d break down. Thinking back to my child’s sudden, unexplained death tears me apart. Was it truly unrelated to Henry? If he actually believed that so-called report and decided the baby wasn’t his, then would he really have let me bring it safely into this world? I hugged myself tightly, trying to fight off the cold wave of fear that seemed to engulf me. Why can’t I just let it go? I keep making the same mistakes, repeatedly falling at the same spot, blind to the disasters my stubbornness brings. Why didn’t I insist on leaving, on filing for divorce? Even if Henry refused