His Wine Cost More Than My Unborn Child Chapter 02

His Wine Cost More Than My Unborn Child Chapter 02

The second we got home, Corbin rushed to put the mac and cheese in front of me.

I couldn’t taste a thing. I just kept eating, one bite after another.

“Nessa, I know you’ve been hurting these past couple of days. But with where we are right now, we couldn’t have kept the baby.”

“I don’t mind struggling. But how could I drag you and our child into this?”

“Please don’t be so sad, okay? I promise we’ll have another baby someday.”

“When I finally make something of myself, I’ll give you and our kids the best life I can.”

My blood ran cold. The tears just came. Out of nowhere.

Corbin panicked. He wiped my face in a rush, then pulled me into his arms.

“Nessa, don’t cry.”

“This is on me. I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry.”

His voice cracked. He sounded heartbroken.

But all I could see was the man from the private room.

Flirting with those girls. Touching them like it was nothing. Smirking as he said I wasn’t clever enough to figure it out.

“Corbin…”

I grabbed the front of his shirt.

I wanted to ask if he’d been hiding something from me.

Why he’d lied.

Whether this had all been a game to him.

Or if he’d hidden his identity because he thought I’d only want his money.

But I couldn’t force out a single word.

My mind was flooded with all those years we’d scraped by together.

All the sweet moments. All the promises. All the sacrifices. Had any of it been real?

When I finally cried myself out, I lay still in his arms, and asked, so quietly I barely heard myself.

“Corbin, do you love me?”

He laughed softly. “You little dummy. Of course I do.”

I’d asked him that question more than once.

Not because I doubted him. I just loved hearing him say it.

Only this time, I couldn’t bring myself to look him in the eyes.

No. You don’t love me.

Corbin. You never have.