Chapter 38

The blue line couldn't be denied any longer—and neither could the test Pamela had done the day before, or the day before that. Because all the tests in the world would only verify what she had known all along. And all the wishing in the world wouldn't change that fact.

She was pregnant with Prince Theodore Kaid's baby. The man who had told her in no uncertain terms that he had no desire to have a baby was going to be a father. The realization weighed heavily on her, a mix of fear and excitement swirling within her. How would he react? What would this mean for her future?

Feeling caged and restless, she stared out of the window at the red bus which was lumbering down the road below. It was stuffy and hot in her tiny flat, but she felt too tired to face walking to the nearest park. She’d been feeling tired a lot recently, the kind of bone-deep exhaustion that came with growing a new life inside her. Every morning, she woke up with the same overwhelming fatigue, a constant reminder of th