That was when Paul leaned close to me.
“Please,” he whispered urgently. “Don’t give her the baby yet.”
My heart stopped.
“What?”
“I need to show you something.”
His hands trembled as he pulled out his phone.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
Paul swallowed hard.
Then he handed me the screen.
At first, I didn’t understand what I was seeing.
It was a message thread between Paul and Rob.
My eyes scanned the words.
Then everything inside me went cold.
ROB: Carol can never know.
PAUL: Emily deserves the truth.
ROB: If she finds out now, everything falls apart.
My pulse thundered in my ears.
“What is this?” I whispered.
Paul looked sick.
“The embryo transfer failed,” he said quietly.
I stared at him blankly.
“What?”
“The clinic informed Rob two weeks after the procedure,” he continued. “The embryos weren’t viable.”
I shook my head immediately.
“No. That can’t be right. I got pregnant.”
