“What? You lost the baby? Are you serious?”
Caleb stared at me blankly.
“You have to understand-I was out in the wild, surviving on my own.
Pain and suffering filled my days. My health declined, and I ended up losing the baby,” I explained, feigning a sad expression.
𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.𝘤𝘰𝘮
All the color drained from Caleb’s face. In the blink of an eye, the pure joy from earlier disappeared, replaced with hopeless sadness.
He didn’t say anything for a long time. He frowned tightly, as though he was in a lot of pain. Finally, he sighed and said, “I see. This whole time, I thought I’d be able to see my child for the first time, but… I never thought that the child didn’t make it.”
As he spoke, he turned his face away from me, as though he didn’t want me to see how much pain he felt.
My heart sank. After all, half of the lie was true. I did lose a baby boy at that time. The pain of Losing a child had never left me, even after all these years.
“How could you lie to your mate Like that?” Ivy wasn’t satisfied with the way I handled things. “Caleb is Elena’s father. He has the right to know the truth!”
“No, Ivy. I can’t tell him, no matter what.” I shook my head.
“Why not?” Ivy pouted.
“Can’t you see? Caleb was so excited to meet Elena just now. If he knows that she is alive and well, he will take her to the Thorn Edge Pack.”
“Haven’t you ever considered that he’ll bring you to his pack, too?” “Ivy, have you forgotten? He’s going to marry Janiya. Do you want Elena to suffer the same fate as me and be bullied by her stepmother?”
Eventually, Ivy fell silent.
It started to rain. The children were ushered back inside their classrooms, and Elena disappeared from sight.
Only then did I sigh in relief.
Fortunately, Caleb didn’t see her.
I wanted to go back to the car, but Caleb seemed to be too immersed in his own thoughts to even notice that it was raining. He simply buried his face in his hands in silence, letting the rain soak into his clothes.
He didn’t raise his head until I touched his shoulder gently.
“Debra, you must’ve been so hurt.”
When he looked at me, I saw that his eyes were red, and he seemed to feel genuinely sorry for me.
Debra’s POV:
