Ch. His Infidelity 20 His Infidelity 20

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Haven’s POV 

As soon as Reed let go, I gasped desperately for air, my chest heaving. Sharp cramps rippled through my abdomen, each one a cruel echo of the fear that had just gripped me. 

The memory of that suffocating moment-of nearly dying-flashed through my mind like a nightmare I couldn’t wake from. Panic flickered in my teary eyes. 

Sobbing, I crawled toward Reed on trembling arms. I had nothing left-no more cards to play Even if he now knew the whole truth, even if the lies had unraveled-I could only cling to the remnants of our past. Maybe, just maybe, I could still talk my way out of this. 

My tears streamed down, my voice soft and pitiful. “Reed… I don’t understand what you’re saying. I didn’t do anything. Even if Willow told you something, can’t you just-just think of the baby and give me a chance to explain?” 

My hands trembled as I reached for him. “Was it Willow who complained to you? I admit it… I did some things to her. But it was only because I loved you. It was just a few harmless tricks. I never really hurt her.” 

“I just wanted you to love me more,” I whispered, brokenly. “Please don’t treat me like this. You almost killed me just now… Are you really willing to hurt me and our baby?” 

Reed’s POV 

As Haven explained and begged, she took my hand and gently pressed it against her belly. 

I just stood there, unmoved. 

I could feel the faint stirring beneath my palm-the flutter of life. But there was no warmth in my expression, no flicker of emotion. 

Only now did I truly see the expression on Haven’s face. The exaggerated sorrow, the trembling lips, the tear-filled eyes-it was all an act. A performance so clumsy that anyone with the barest hint of intelligence would see right through it. 

So this… this was the woman who had fooled me for so long? 

I should have known the moment she’d abandoned me without hesitation and gone abroad. Haven had always been a shallow and vain woman-someone who could share my wealth but never my hardship. 

I should never have let pride drive me back into her arms. I should never have let one petty moment of ego undo everything. 

And now, we were both standing in the wreckage of my choices. 

My fingers grazed her belly again. This time, slower and deliberate. 

“This child,” I said coldly, “should never have been conceived.” 

My eyes darkened. “I won’t let him live.” 

With that, I waved my hand, and two bodyguards stepped forward silently. 

Haven’s POV 

“N-No! Wait!” I screamed, my voice cracking. 

But Reed had already turned away. 

His words echoed in my ears like thunder, and my heart plummeted into ice. I couldn’t believe what I had just heard. 

He had always cared about the child-hadn’t he? No matter how pissed off he was, he’d never truly abandon our baby! 

As long as I gave birth, I believed, there would always be a way. A future. A chance to become 

his wife. 

But now… 

He was truly going to destroy even that last thread of hope? 

My legs gave out beneath me. I crumpled to the floor, then lunged forward, throwing my arms around his leg like a woman drowning. 

“Reed! You can’t do this!” I shrieked. “You said it! You told me you liked me! You said our chilc would inherit the company! You even took Willow’s ability to have children-just for me!” 

My voice rose in hysteria. “You killed Willow’s parents for me! You’ve forgotten all of it? You dic everything for me, for us!” 

“You loved me. You loved our baby,” I pleaded. “Please… just remember! You must’ve beer provoked. I don’t blame you. But if the baby dies, Reed, I won’t be able to live either!” 

I grabbed at his sleeve, my eyes wild. “Think of what we used to have. Just for the sake of our past… Can’t you let the baby live?” 

My despair poured from my eyes, raw and overwhelming. My voice shook as I kept invoking our history-every word a frantic attempt to drag Reed back into the love I once believed we shared.