Dear Ex Wife Please take me back novel Chapter 70

ALEX

“What did you say?” My eyes lift up to meet the nurse.

“Do you know the patient, Sir?” She asks, her eyes filled with fear.

Was this supposed to be a fucking secret?

“I asked you a question.” I grind out.

“The owner of that file drank something… something meant to terminate the pregnancy. We were told to find out what could have gone wrong and that was what the results showed.”

The words hit me like a physical blow, stealing the breath from my lungs. The paper crumples slightly in my hand, my vision narrowing in on the damning words printed before me.

Athena tried to abort our child.

A sharp, cold rage unfurls in my chest, warring with the grief that had already been drowning me.

“What was it?” My words are clipped, controlled only by a thread of restraint.

“I-I don’t know exactly, but whatever she took, it wasn’t enough to end the pregnancy immediately. It caused complications. The baby…” She pauses, eyes darting around as if afraid to say it out loud.

“Say it.” My voice is dangerously quiet.

She exhales shakily. "The baby was born in distress. There was nothing they could do."

Nothing they could do.

The grief in my chest turns into something else. Something darker.

If she didn't want the baby, she should have given birth and given him to me. How can she be so cruel to her own?

Then it hits me like a fucking train. The photos, constant smiles and the way she was slowly changing.

No!

Did she kill my son just to be with that bastard?

Did he tell her to do it?

My mind is a whirlwind of frustration and with every thought my anger is growing.

I feel my heart ache in ways I haven't felt before.

I turn on my heel and walk away, my mind racing, heart pounding, my breath short.

She lied to me.

She lied to me about everything.

And now our son is dead because of it.

This is unforgivable!

Pulling out my phone, I text Ryan and ask him to be quick with my task.