Chapter 44. Secrets and Flare-ups

SEBASTIAN’S POV

“I’ve conducted a thorough examination, covering every possible diagnosis. I want you both to know that there is nothing medically wrong. Nothing is preventing you two from conceiving. Your fertility is intact. So you can go ahead and set aside any concern or fear you have,” the doctor's reassuring words that day echoed involuntarily in my head as I curled the bottle tight around my fingers, seething with mounting rage.

Several months after our marriage, we found it difficult to conceive. No matter how much time we spend in bed. Or trying the absurd remedies and practices a friend had suggested or the one Catherine had seen online.

I had thought something was wrong with one of us. I was plagued by thoughts of potential issues, whether it was my sperm count, Catherine’s egg viability, or even a hidden STI. But after we visited the doctor, he carried out his diagnosis and assured us nothing was wrong with either of us. That had calmed me. Ever since t