Scarlett POV
I was holding my breath right along with him, waiting for Dr. Lawrence to spit it out.
If that test came back positive, I wasn’t wasting a single day. I’d crawl across the country to the West Coast if I had to—California, Washington, wherever the hell I needed to go—to get it taken care of. Spare me the “motherhood is sacred” bullshit. Motherhood only works when a woman actually wants the baby and is ready for it—mentally, emotionally, financially. Love yourself first. That was one bitter lesson I learned the hard way from Jaxen. And the biggest reason? No child deserves to be born unwanted. Everybody ends up miserable.
Lawrence hesitated, then said, “Luna isn’t pregnant.”
I almost smiled—until I caught the way Jaxen’s face went tight. He clearly didn’t like that answer. T
