He Killed Our Babies To Wait For Her Novel by ElaraThorne _ Novel



He Killed Our Babies To Wait For Her Novel by ElaraThorne _ Novel

He Killed Our Babies To Wait For Her Chapter 01

In five years of marriage, I lost four children. None of my babies lived past three months.
The first time, the stair railing broke— I fell. The second time, the nanny gave me the wrong pills— I started bleeding that night. The third time, my car brakes failed— I crashed on our anniversary.
Everyone said I was cursed. But I refused to believe that. I told myself... it just meant my baby and I weren't meant to meet yet.
Until my fifth pregnancy. At the hospital, I overheard my husband talking. "If Shanny still can't get pregnant... this baby can't be kept."
Shanny—his brother's wife. His first love.
That's when I finally understood. None of my losses were accidents.
Fine. If he wants this baby gone as well... Then I'll make sure he loses everything first.
***
"How's the baby doing?"
Roderick pushed open the ward door and walked straight toward the doctor. His voice carried obvious concern.
The setting sun softened the lines of his profile. The tenderness in his expression made him look like a devoted father anxiously waiting for his child to be born.
If I hadn't overheard that phone call outside the door half an hour earlier, I might truly have drowned in the gentleness he pretended so well.
I lay on the hospital bed, my heart aching so badly I could barely breathe.
Nausea churned up from my stomach in waves.
Forcing myself to smile, I met his eyes and said, "The doctor said everything looks good. The baby is healthy."
At those words, Roderick visibly relaxed.
He walked over and leaned down, pulling me gently into his arms. His warm hand rested over the small curve of my belly.
"Katherine, you're pregnant now. Don't let your imagination run wild.
"You've been through so much. This time, I swear I'll protect both you and the baby. I won't let anything happen again."
I leaned stiffly against him, feeling nothing but cold.
Just then, the phone on the bedside table lit up.
A message flashed across the screen.
"Ricky, I think this month looks promising. Let's wait a little longer."
My pupils contracted sharply.
Shannon Clayton was my sister-in-law in name, the wife of Roderick's older brother, Lawrence Benton.
She was also the woman Roderick had kept buried in his heart for five years, and the first love he had never forgotten.
I spoke as if it meant nothing. "Ricky, aren't you going to check your phone?
"What if... Shannon needs something urgent?"
Roderick's body stiffened instantly. It was as if someone had struck a nerve. His arm tightened around me, squeezing hard enough to hurt.
"You must've seen it wrong. It's just a spam message from the company."
He denied it immediately, though his tone had grown noticeably colder.
"Katherine, you're pregnant. Stop imagining things," he continued.
"Really?"
I gently pulled away from his arms and looked straight at him.
"Because just now, outside, I thought I heard you on the phone. I'm pretty sure you mentioned Shannon."
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Roderick exploded like a lit firecracker.
The handsome gentleness on his face vanished instantly, twisted by anger.
"Katherine, are you sick or something? Ever since you got pregnant, you've become completely unreasonable!
"I've been running around outside taking care of things for the child in your stomach, and this is what you're doing? Suspecting me?
"Did getting pregnant mess up your brain, too?
"I'm working myself to death at the company every day, and when I get home, I still have to deal with your suspicion and interrogation!
"Are you determined to turn this house upside down before you're satisfied?"
I watched him quietly as he raged. I didn't say another word.
Because when someone used anger to cover guilt, any explanation became meaningless.
Roderick slammed the door and stormed out. The force of it made the entire ward tremble.
Silence returned to the ward.
I gently placed my hand over my stomach. Inside me, a tiny life was growing.
"This time, I'll protect you," I thought.

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