Then I gently placed my other hand over my lower abdomen, my voice firm.
“And there’s another piece of good news for you—I’m pregnant. We came to the hospital today for a prenatal checkup.”
I heard Rhett let out a soft chuckle.
Lucas’s face instantly turned pale. A flash of despair crossed his eyes, as if he had been struck hard by something, in unbearable pain.
Looking at his expression, all I felt was a vague, inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
This is the price you pay for abandoning me.
I smiled faintly, leaned closer to Rhett, and thought to myself that at last, all of this was finally coming to an end.
Lucas seemed to lose all his strength in an instant. His lips trembled as they parted slightly, his breath weak.
“You… you… you’re shameless!”
He struggled with great effort
