Chapter 5
Declan’s legs buckled beneath him as he dropped to the floor, his face pale, his body trembling. His eyes locked on my face, wild and bloodshot.
“You’re lying,” he choked out, shaking his head violently. “You’re not her. You
can’t be her!”
But the truth stared back at him
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-broken, bloodied, and barely
breathing.
His hands clutched at his hair as he let
out a guttural scream. “How… how did this happen? What the hell have I done?”
He collapsed further, pounding the cold tile floor with his fists, muttering to himself like a man possessed. “Lena…….Lena… I’m sorry. I’m so sorry… please…..”
Declan began slapping himself across the face, each strike louder and
harder than the last until the sound
echoed down the corridor like a gunshot.
Then he crawled toward my stretcher, reaching out to touch me, but I flinched away. His eyes swept over my destroyed body, and a tortured,
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throat. He beat nis thigns with nis fists, sobbing like a madman.
“You should’ve told me,” he cried. “Why didn’t you say anything? Why didn’t you tell me it was you?”
I stared at him, my soul hollow, my body barely able to keep up with the
pain.
“I… did,” I rasped, each word a knife in my throat. “I called… your name… but you still… didn’t stop.”
Declan broke completely then, howling in despair. The cold,
controlled CEO was gone. In his place
was a man unraveling–pathetic,
broken.
“It’s all my fault,” he wailed. “I’m at monster, a goddamn monster!”
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He reached for me again. “Babe…
please. Please. Let’s pretend today never happened, okay? I’ll make it right. I’ll have everyone who touched you thrown in jail–even Nancy. I
swear I’ll never see her again.”
“We’ll go back to how things were. I’ll
love you like I used to. Just give me one more chance, please.”
The hallway was packed now. Nurses. Patients. Strangers. All silent, all
watching.
He thought his tears would fix things. He thought remorse could erase the
carnage.
But my body was shattered. My soul -ripped apart. And our child… our child was gone. Nothing would ever bring him back.
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I struggled to speak, every syllable soaked in agony. “My… eyes… are gone. My legs… don’t work. My throat’s… destroyed. What the hell… is left… to forgive?”
“And the baby…” My voice cracked. “The baby you killed… won’t forgive you either.”
His gaze dropped to my stomach—flat
and lifeless.
“No,” he whispered, his face draining of color. “No… the baby… our
baby…”
He slammed his head against the wall,
again and again, until a red smear
bloomed on the plaster. “I killed
him… I killed my own child… I’m not
even human!”
Twatched him crumble and for the
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first time, I didn’t feel pity. Only
disgust.
“Let’s get divorced,” I said hoarsely. “Go be happy with her.”
That snapped him out of it. He looked up, desperate. “No. Don’t do this. It was all a misunderstanding, Babe.
I didn’t know it was you. I swear—l never would’ve hurt you if I’d known.”
“I love you. God, I love you more than anything. Please. There won’t be a
next time. I promise.”
I scoffed internally. Every scar on my body was carved by his cruelty. Every
scream I let out, he ignored. My child’s
death was his choice.
And then he said it.
“It’s okay,” he said, brightening like
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he’d found the solution. “Nancy’s pregnant. When she gives birth, I’ll bring the baby home for you to raise. That child will call you ‘Mom,‘ and
we’ll be a real family. Just like before. We can still be happy.”
I froze.
I couldn’t breathe.
He actually thought he could replace my child with hers.
“You bastard,” I snapped, fury burning through my veins. “No one can replace my baby!”
“And that bitch–Nancy–she knew exactly who I was! She planned this. She destroyed me on purpose!”
My throat gave out. I coughed up a mouthful of blood that splattered
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Declan panicked. “Don’t be angry, Lena, please. I’ll make her pay. I’ll make them all pay. I’ll get revenge for you, I swear!”
But I was done listening.
And I was done forgiving.
