Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 275

Chapter 275: Chapter 275.

Then it happens again....a tiny twitch

My chair scrapes loudly across the floor as I stand.

"Elaine?"

Nothing. Then slowly, very slowly.

Her eyelashes flutter.

Once then Again and finally...Her eyes open.

Looking confused and Struggling to focus.

But they are open.

God.

They’re open. Relief crashes into me so hard I almost laugh or cry.

Her gaze finds mine and for a second neither of us says anything.

Then her lips part, her voice barely more than a whisper.

"The baby?"

Elaine’s POV

"The baby?"

The words leave my mouth before I even think about myself. Everything hurts, my side, my head, my chest.

Even breathing feels strange but none of that matters.

Only one thing matters.

Mt baby.

My eyes lock onto Zane’s immediately.

Waiting, terrified and desperate.

For a second he just stares at me, like he’s trying to convince himself I’m actually awake.

That he’s not imagining this.

Then I see the relief on his face, so much relief it almost hurts to look at.

His eyes close briefly and when they open again they’re suspiciously shiny.

"Hey."

His voice is rough, like he hasn’t slept and he’s been through hell.

Maybe he has.

"The baby?"

I ask again.

More urgently this time.

His hand immediately finds mine, holding it tightly. Almost desperately.

"The baby is alive."

The breath leaves my lungs in a rush, a sob follows right behind it.

Oh thank God. Thank God.

Thank God.

I hadn’t realized how terrified I was until that moment. Tears immediately begin sliding down my cheeks.

I don’t even bother wiping them away.

Zane lets out a shaky laugh.

One that sounds dangerously close to a sob.

And suddenly I realize... He’s been terrified too, far more terrified than he’s letting on.

His thumb brushes across my cheek, wiping away a tear.

"You scared the hell out of me."

I laugh weakly.

Then instantly regret it because it pulls at my side.

"Ouch."

His expression immediately changes, concern replacing everything else.

"Don’t do that."

"What?"

"Move."

Another weak laugh escapes me.

His shoulders visibly relax.

Just a little.

Like hearing me laugh reminds him I’m still here.

Still alive.

But then I notice something.

Something isn’t right.

The relief is there.

But so is something else.

Something heavy.

Something sad.

My heart immediately starts racing again.

"Zane."

His eyes meet mine.

"What’s wrong?"

His jaw tightens.

Just slightly.

And suddenly I know.

Something happened.

Something he doesn’t want to tell me.

Fear creeps back into my chest.

"What happened?"

Silence.

The kind of silence that tells you everything before the words even come.

My stomach twists.

"Zane."

His grip on my hand tightens.

And for the first time since I’ve known him...

He looks lost.

Completely lost.

"We found something out during surgery."

My heart begins pounding.

Hard.

Painfully.

"What?"

His eyes lower briefly.

Then return to mine.

"You weren’t carrying one baby."

Confusion washes through me.

What?

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