Belle kept holding her hand until her sobs subsided, understanding the vampiress carried deep fears. "What if this one becomes different?" she asked, handing a handkerchief to her friend to wipe her tears.
Evenly took the handkerchief and said, "I always had that thought during those four times. I don't want to put my hopes in this one or even tell Rav about it." She stopped wiping her eyes and added in a panicked voice, "Can you promise me he won't hear about this? Men don't take it lightly when a woman carries their child and then loses it…"
Rav was already acting distant, behaving like a man giving her the cold shoulder about their marriage and relationship. It would be best to keep the pregnancy to herself. He didn't have to know, not until she lost it. Because no matter how confident she was that he wasn't like Josh, there was still that part of her that feared he might turn out the same. Her pregnancy had been the very reason she had seen Josh's true colors.
