Chapter 1

• Aside from the first time that I met Declan, this was the happiest day of my life—of our lives.
• Unable to help myself, my hands reached into my bag one more time and held onto the envelope that contained my test results.
• From today, Declan and I were going to know what it meant to be parents.
• My brows arc slightly as I walked into the house, there was a second car parked outside. A car that I knew all too well.
• Just as I stepped in, my father-in-law's familiar voice echoed through the house.
• "I have told you so many times to dump that bitch you married and be with Stella!"
• Regardless of how many times I had heard him make statements like that, I still couldn't help but feel a pang of hurt.
• Being married for three years with no kids meant that my in-laws had gotten to their breaking point. Neither of them liked me from the start and I was not surprised that they would use this as an opportunity.
• "Father, stop, I have told you many times that Daisy is going to remain my wife. Regardless of what you say."
• I was closer to the study now.
• Mr Ellington scoffed at Declan's reply.
• "If you were married to Stella, getting an invite to the the Helios Club would not be so hard!"
• Helios Club?
• Wasn't that?….
• "Oh, you are here?" Mr Ellington said as he stood in front of me, his eyes filled with chilling light.
• "Of course you would only be home by this time, is this when you should get in?"
• I had gotten a little carried away doing window shopping for babies after leaving the hospital that I hadn't even realized that it had gotten late.
• I gulped. From experience, replying him would only make things messier. It was better to just ignore him and let him leave.
• "Even the most simple duty of a wife is something that you are unable to do…"
• He leaned in, closing the gap between us and I stepped back until I could feel my back touch the wall.
• "If you don't leave him, I will make you."
• My heart is thumping against my chest and I have a good mind to call Stefan. If he could perhaps help Declan to get...
• "Baby," Declan called out as he stepped out of the study. He glanced around and let out a sigh.
• "Did you meet my dad on the way up?" He asked while wrapping his arms around me.
• Somehow, as his arms wrap around me, every little bit of discomfort I had felt from his dad's words start to fade away and I allow myself to soak in his warmth.
• "He was just leaving when I came," I lied. Like I always did.
• "What did the doctors say?" Declan asked as he walked me down the stairs.
• My brain is struggling between the excitement of the news I'm about to break and breathing.
• Seeing how I was struggling to breathe, Declan's brows raised and he held my arms for support.
• "Is everything fine?"
• I nodded hurriedly and pulled out the test report.
• "I'm pregnant."
• There's a sharp, hard to miss change in the air and Declan's eyes go from worried to stony cold.
• "What did you say, Daisy?"
• Something is wrong.
• I pulled out the test report and stretched it forward.
• "I'm pregnant, Declan. We are going to be parents."
• Declan grabbed the paper and I saw his eyes move over it quickly and then he glanced up at me, his blue eyes sharp and cold.
• "What have you done, Daisy?" He asked while glaring at me.
• What have I done?
• "Declan…" I thought he would be happy about this.
• We had waited three years for this. So how could he not be happy?
• Did he not want kids?
• The simple thought has me feeling chills all over me as I realized that I was the one that always brought up the topic of having kids.
• A loud bang and the sound of shattering glass pulled me out of my thoughts and I lock eyes with Declan.
• "Is that how badly you wanted a baby? Daisy?"
• "You could even open your legs for another man just to get a child?"
• "I can't believe that I judged you wrong all these years."
• Declan took two steps forward and without thinking, I step backwards.
• "I will ask you only once, who is the bastard?" His voice is clipped and icy.
• But his eyes are the worst.
• They are filled with burning rage that makes him look completely from the man I had always known. The man I was in love with.
• "Declan…what are you talking about?"
• Was there something I didn't know?
• "This is not my child, Daisy and you better start speaking up about who owns the bastard in your stomach."
• I hold the table behind me for support.
• "Declan, how could you call our baby a bastard?" I can feel a tear drop on my cheeks but I don't care.
• Declan scoffs. "Our baby?"
• "Regardless of what my family said, I decided to believe you. I can't believe that I would let myself be this blind."
• I pinched myself twice to be sure that this wasn't a dream.
• It had to be right because this was certainly not how this was supposed to go.
• This was supposed to be the second happiest night of our lives.
• The night where we would finally start our own family.
• Yet…
• "Declan, I don't know what anyone has told you but I swear by the heavens that this child is yours."
• His lips curled up into a sneer.
• "I'm sterile, Daisy. How can your bastard be mine?"
• Wait, what?