[Nivera’s POV]

“What did you just say?” I asked in shock after Celeste broke the news to me.

“You heard me, child. You’re pregnant. I wasn’t too sure before, but I have confirmed it after feeling your pulse,” she explained, flashing me a sympathetic look.

I shook my head slowly. “No, that can’t be true. Lucien can’t get me pregnant… and… and if I am truly pregnant,… it means…” my voice broke as tears flowed down my eyes in torrents.

I had always envisioned getting pregnant and spending forever with the man I loved. Together, we would have a perfectly happy family life, and never in my life had I...