Chapter 1
My husband wanted me to donate a kidney to his first love’s daughter.[]
When that marriage fell apart, I was taken in by my childhood friend, who is a doctor.
He not only helped me through the divorce proceedings but also confessed his feelings, begging me to give him a chance.]]
After we got married, he kept saying he wanted a baby that looked just like me.
I thought this was proof of how much he loved me. My heart was practically floating, and I threw myself into trying to get pregnant, determined to give him a healthy child.[]
But during a routine prenatal checkup, I accidentally overheard my husband talking to my ex.
“You’re a genius, man. Having a baby to donate a kidney to Piper’s daughter–that’s next level. Sure, using the kid’s kidney is definitely better than Riley’s, but your daughter’s gonna be missing a kidney. How are you planning to explain that to Riley?“]
My husband was quiet for a long time. “I’ll tell her it’s a birth defect. If the baby survives, I’ll raise her. If she doesn’t make it… Riley and I can always have more kids.”
So it turns out that he married me just to have a “KIDNEY DONOR.“]
Well, if that’s how it is…]
I DON’T want him or this baby anymore.]
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I pressed my hand against my rounded belly, leaning heavily against the wall just to stay upright.]
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Declan Martinez was a doctor–how could he be so heartless, using our baby to save someone else’s child?
From inside the office, my ex–husband Jaxon’s voice continued.]
“You’re a doctor, Dec. You know damn well how sketchy the survival rates are for kids after this kind of surgery.“[]
“Riley’s sharp as hell–she’s not gonna buy just any bullshit story. We need to play this perfectly.“[]
Declan ran a hand through his hair, looking like he was wrestling with his conscience.
After what felt like forever, he finally nodded.[]
“Relax, I’ve got this locked down. Riley’s due in three months. Piper’s kid is holding steady for now, but the second things go south, I can have that kidney out and transplanted within hours.“[]
I slapped my hand over my mouth so hard it hurt, my whole body trembling.
The ultrasound photos I’d been clutching like precious treasures suddenly felt toxic in my hands.
My baby–the little life I’d been talking to every night–was just spare parts for Piper’s daughter.]
And the man I’d fallen for? The one who’d sworn to protect us both? He was running this nightmare show.
I wanted to kick down that door and tear into both of them, but what if they panicked and did something even worse?
Before they could come out, I ducked into the emergency stairwell.]]
The past few years hit me like a freight train.]
Jaxon, my toxic ex, had pulled the exact same con. Second year of marriage, he was all about me getting a “routine physical.”
Took me way too long to figure out he wasn’t checking my health–he was shopping my organs. All that bloodwork? Tissue matching for Piper’s precious little princess.
On the bay ALD
Chapter 1
When I finally got the balls to divorce his ass, Declan swooped in like some white knight savior.]
He proposed after six months, and I got pregnant practically on our honeymoon.[]
I actually thought I’d won the lottery this time. What a fucking joke.[]
I was still ugly crying when the stairwell door slammed open.[]
Declan looked like he’d been running around like a headless chicken until he spotted me.[]
“Jesus, Riley! What the hell are you doing hiding in here bawling your eyes out?”
He dropped to his knees and grabbed my face, checking me over like I might shatter.[]
“I went looking for you after your ultrasound and you’d just vanished. Nearly gave me a heart attack.“[]
“Baby, what’s going on? You’re glowing one minute and falling apart the next. Talk to me.“[]
I shoved him away, my voice shaking as I threw out the bait:
‘I’m so over this, Declan. I can’t keep anything down, my hips feel like they’re splitting in half, and I’m running on like two hours of sleep.“]]
“What if… what if I can’t do this? What if I don’t want this baby?“]
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