Chapter 142

Kiara's POV

"Eric is sterile... and he’s known for years."

The reality of it left me reeling. My mind struggled to piece together everything that had happened between us, every argument, every secret. 

Eric had lied. But why? Why had he put me through so much pain, knowing all along that he couldn’t be the father of the child? 

The betrayal burned deep, but there was something else gnawing at me, something even worse. He was dying. 

The doctor had said that he didn’t have long. The men who had attacked him had done their job well, and despite their best efforts to keep him alive, there was no saving him. 

My heart felt heavy as I approached his ward, the door looming ahead of me like a portal into a past I wasn’t sure I was ready to confront.

I stopped just outside, my hand hovering over the door handle. A part of me wanted to turn around and walk away, to leave Eric and everything he’d done behind.