In labor.

“No! I wasn’t!” Her hands fell to her mouth. She had never admitted that out loud.

Lucien felt an icy stab in his chest. Jealously, anger, pain, betrayal all swirled within him. But the worst is that he knew he had no one to blame but himself.

“Lucien.”she squeaked. “I wasn’t going to tell you. I was afraid. You hurt me so much. To protect myself I thought it was best to never see you again.”

“You’ll never know how much I regret that.”

“I wanted to hate you… but I…” she gasped. A sharp pain shot through her belly. She grabbed the edge of the table for support.

“What is it?” Tracy and Lucien shot up and said in unison.

Another stab of pain shot through Audrey, taking her breath away.

“I think… I think I’m having contractions.”

“Don’t panic,” Audrey stood, taking control of the situation. “The go bag is already packed. I’ll call the doctor and then Damian on the way there.” She delegated.

“No!” Lucien yelled. “Why him? Why does he get to be a part of this? Why do you need him and not me