Chapter 461

Vivienne fell silent at Giselle's words. Giselle pressed on. "You need to be rational about this. You're not in your 40s or 50s, unable to have children again. You're still young, unmarried, beautiful, and you've built a steady career. You have endless possibilities ahead of you. "Maybe in a few years you'll meet a man you truly love—someone whose family welcomes you. Together, you could build a stable, happy home. You could have a child that belongs only to you, a child who grows up with both parents, and you'd have the chance to live a full, normal life. "But if you carry this pregnancy to the end, you'll be a single, unwed mother. How will you ever remarry? Even if you never plan to, the burden of raising a child will fall entirely on you, and that child will grow up in an incomplete family. Worse still, what if you want to keep the baby but Renee takes him by force? What then?" Vivienne stayed quiet, her thoughts tangled. "Vivienne, I'm saying this because I care about you," G