Marked By The Mad King Alpha (Phoebe and Perry) novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193: Chapter 193 Our Unwanted Insurance

Fiona was certain she’d misheard him. Confusion clouded her features. "What? What did you just say?"

Joy had flooded through her when Reginald accepted her, when his anger didn’t surface, but his next words blindsided her completely.

"What do you mean?"

"You can’t get rid of the baby," Reginald stated again, unwavering. "I want you to keep the baby."

Fiona stared at him like he’d lost his mind. "This baby isn’t yours—you know that. Why would you want to keep it?"

Her heart shattered as she voiced that truth. Shame burned through her, but Reginald had gone mad if he thought she’d keep this child. Absolutely mad.

"No, I won’t keep the baby. I don’t want it!"

She began striking her stomach again, but Reginald caught her hands. "No! I won’t have part of him inside my body! I won’t have this child!"

"Stop it, Fiona! Fiona!" Reginald gripped both her hands, shaking her shoulders. "Fiona!"

She finally ceased struggling, tears streaming down her cheeks as she met his gaze. "Why, Reginald? Why do you want me carrying another man’s baby? Am I not your mate? Shouldn’t you be furious too?"

"I am furious, Fiona. I want to kill that old bastard, but what good would that do?"

"What do you mean, what good would it do?"

Her frown deepened. "He degraded you by getting me pregnant. How can you tolerate it? Your mate carrying another man’s child?"

The tears wouldn’t stop flowing.

"You need to see the larger picture here, Fiona."

Reginald tried reassuring her, but her face had gone blank, detached from reality. He had to bring her back. "Fiona, Fiona!"

He shook her again, leaning down to press his lips to hers.

"My love," he whispered. "I know this tears you apart, but please do this for me. You said I could be with other women after what happened with Allen, but I don’t want that. I only want you. You’re all I want."

Reginald pulled back slightly, seeing a spark of life return to her eyes. She was listening, though her expression remained unchanged, even his kiss barely reaching her.

So Reginald continued.

"Allen has no son—this baby could be a boy, Fiona. This could be our safe passage into the Valerium Kingdom. You know how cunning that old bastard is. No one can guarantee he won’t abandon us. That’s why we need to protect ourselves.

Allen might betray us, but the baby will be our insurance."

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**Perry’s POV**