Note: This is a fictional work so facts are made up.
Braelyn’s POV
Not your first pregnancy.
The words hung between us. I couldn’t wrap my head around it. "I have never been pregnant before. None that I know of." I blurted out
Kyle and lissa’s expressions remained grim, as if they expected my answer. I started to wrack my head. In the 5 years I have been married to Raphael I have never missed my period even once.
"I expected you to say sothing similar. To be more accurate we can’t say it was an abortion...." My frown deepened. Lucien was calm, like he already knew what Kyle was about to tell ...
I wondered if Kyle ntioned it while they spoke earlier.
Kyle sat up and gave lissa a look. His fingers linked together and he looked like he was about to tell so grim news that would break .
"Your body shows signs it conceived before... very briefly. There was a conception... but it didn’t progress," he said carefully and I heard my breath. Kyle paused for a mont before adding. "And given what we now know about the drug... it was likely prevented."
He broke it word by word but I still couldn’t understand how I was pregnant years ago and had no idea.
Dr Scottfield stepped forward after Kyle, her tone was asured. " This previous conception and loss is also tied to your previous diagnosis of PCOS. It was not entirely accurate." Another bombshell dropped.
My stomach dropped as everything ca rushing in. The way I had a ntal breakdown and it was a misdiagnosis or sothing crazier.
I frowned, confusion flooding . "What do you an? Was it a misdiagnosis?" I whispered slowly.
Kyle held my gaze. "Yes exactly, it was a misdiagnosis." he chirped in. The words hit harder than I expected.
"That does not make sense," I said, shaking my head slightly. "I had symptoms. Everything matched."
"It did," lissa said gently. "But the cause was not natural."
My breath caught in my throat. Eyes darted between lissa and Kyle. Lucien’s hand tightened around mine, and his silence suddenly grew heavier. It was like he was grounding for what was coming.
My heart was racing and my throat closed. It was hard to breathe, my emotions were slowly getting out of control.."What do you an?" I whispered with a shaky voice.
Kyle’s expression hardened slightly. "We ran a toxicology report along with several advanced hormone tests. There were traces of a compound in your system."
My chest tightened painfully. "A drug and so hormonal discrepancies," he added.
The room felt smaller, like the walls had shifted closer without warning. "It is rare," Dr Scottfield continued. "Experintal birth control, but it was discontinued years ago because of the long-term damage it caused to users. It only exists on the black market now."
I could barely process her words. "It interferes with your hormones," Kyle said. "It mimics conditions like PCOS and can cause long-term fertility issues and from the advanced testing although it isn’t certain, this drug was introduced to your system during an early conception barely a month..."
My fingers trembled against my stomach. "So... I could not conceive because of that?" I asked quietly.
Kyle nodded once. "Yes and if you did the baby wouldn’t survive long." Silence filled the room. An experintal birth control. Soone was drugging in my house. Was it Raphael? No it couldn’t be. The only person I could think of was Alia.
But how could she get such access? Then sothing clicked in my mind. Richard’s claims, a maid who could impersonate was working with Alia. A maid who knew my habits too well and had probably been with long enough.
That maid might have been Alia’s spy and have been drugging . But she wasn’t the only one who could be behind this.
"It has likely been in your system for years," he continued. "Based on what we found, at least four years. My assumptions are that it was started during this particular assud pregnancy."
Four years. The number echoed in my mind, over and over again. I just stared at him listening as he spoke every word.
"And it stopped recently," he added. "That is why you were able to conceive now."
My world tilted. Soone had been drugging for years. My hand pressed protectively against my stomach as my breathing turned uneven. " Is my baby affected? Being drugged that long must have side effects too." I could barely ask the question.
"Your baby is safe," Kyle said quickly, he could read through my fear. "There is no indication that the drug has affected the pregnancy."
But I could not focus on that because one thought kept repeating, louder and louder with every second.
Who would do this to ?
And why?
*******
It was early evening when Lucien and I arrived back at the penthouse. After the consultation Kyle made run so further tests and prescribed so drugs to help with the baby’s developnt
I walked straight to the couch to take my seat. Lucien’s gaze remained on like he had a lot to say and didn’t know how to.
"Do you want so water?" He asked instead. I barely glanced up from the floor I was staring out. Everything had left shaken to the core
If Alia was behind the drugging. How terrifying was that psycho? How long had she waited to destroy my marriage? I nodded my head without giving him a verbal answer.
He quickly rushed towards the kitchen to fetch the water. Lucien’s place had just a housekeeper who dropped by for cleaning and errands since this wasn’t a permanent resident.
Lucien returned shortly with a glass of water. The cold glass numbed my fingertips. "Thank you.." I whispered then brought the glass to my lip to take a sip.
Lucien sat beside then pulled my feet off the floor. He removed my shoes and started massaging my legs while I sipped the water like the most natural thing ever.
"I will protect you and the baby, Viper. No one would hurt you again.." he muttered, handling my feet with care. It was relaxing.
I dropped the glass and then held his gaze. My voice was calr than I expected it to be but I have thought this over and over again.."I think I know who drugged ..."
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