Secrets of the Whitmores
“She’s pregnant with your baby! How dare you say something like that!” “The baby? You know what, the baby doesn’t deserve to come into this world!” “Dominic is coming back?” Eight months pregnant,....
“She’s pregnant with your baby! How dare you say something like that!” “The baby? You know what, the baby doesn’t deserve to come into this world!” “Dominic is coming back?” Eight months pregnant, Madeline was carefully folding tiny pastel onesies in the nursery when she overheard the maids whispering in the hallway. Dominic is coming back? Is it because my due date is close? For ten long months, she had lived in silence, married to a man she had met only once—on their wedding night. After that, he vanished, leaving her alone in a mansion that never felt like home. Yet despite the loneliness, despite the cold whispers of servants and the weight of an arranged marriage, she clung to one fragile hope: that he would return in time to see their child born. Cradling her swollen belly, Madeline blinked away tears. “It’s okay, sweetheart,” she murmured softly. “Even if Daddy doesn’t love me, I’ll be happy if he just comes back to see you.” But when Dominic finally stepped into the mansion two days later, the joy in her heart shattered. From the top of the staircase, Madeline froze. Standing beside her husband in the living room was another woman—beautiful, confident, possessive. Vanessa. “Dominic, I asked you to return to take care of Madeline,” Charles demanded angrily. “Why did you bring this woman here?” Dominic’s expression was carved from ice. “Because I told you I never accepted this marriage. The only woman I intend to marry is Vanessa—and she’s standing right here.” The room fell silent. Charles’s voice trembled with fury. “Madeline is about to give birth! She’s carrying your child!” Dominic let out a cold laugh. “She wouldn’t be pregnant if you hadn’t drugged me that night. And as for the baby… it doesn’t deserve to come into this world.” Those words struck Madeline like a blade to the chest. Her vision blurred, her fingers gripping the banister as her world tilted dangerously. The child she had protected with all her strength… unworthy? Unwanted? As the truth of her husband’s cruelty echoed through the mansion, one question remained in her breaking heart: if the father of her child rejects them both, how will she protect her baby from the storm that is about to come?
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