baby,” she asked quietly, “or do you want to stay married to me?”
Alex hesitated.
“I want both.”
Elena’s voice trembled.
“And what if I can’t give you children?”
Alex said nothing.
That silence became his answer.
Three days later, Elena took a pregnancy test.
Positive.
She stared at the result for nearly ten minutes before she could believe it.
That evening, she planned to tell Alex over dinner.
The test was hidden inside her purse.
But before she could show him, Alex walked through the door carrying a suitcase.
