He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 72

Helena's brows furrowed. She still couldn't fathom his endgame. "What are you doing?" she demanded, her tone laced with resistance.

"Are you that afraid of me?" his voice was surprisingly smooth.

Helena didn't answer, and Sebastian didn't push it. After a beat of silence, he spoke again. "Have the baby. I don't care whose it is. Once the child is born, I'll let you go."

It was a staggering concession.

Helena frowned, utterly blindsided. She never expected words like that to leave his mouth. "What is that supposed to mean?"

Was he seriously asking her to carry the baby to term? And in such an even, conversational tone?

"Helena, we've been married for seven years. I'm not entirely blind to who you are," Sebastian continued, his demeanor unruffled.

She stared at him, still bracing for the other shoe to drop. Once bitten, twice shy.

"I know that as long as we're married, you wouldn't cheat," he said. "I lost my temper earlier. I was completely out of line, and I apologize."

"You're... apologizing to me?" She was genuinely stunned.

"Yes. I'm sorry." The words were stiff, but the apology was real. It was an admission of trust, a sharp contrast to his usual paranoia.

"You could just marry Janetta," Helena pointed out, refusing to be so easily swayed, even as his words tugged at her heart.

"Helena." He said her name again, his voice dangerously soft. "You can't bear to let this baby go, can you?"

The truth hit her like a physical blow. Her grip on the sheets tightened. She couldn't deny it. If she didn't care, she wouldn't be agonizing over it. The thought of bringing a child into the world, someone who shared her blood, was overwhelmingly powerful.

Coming from a shattered home, with her only twin brother missing, all she had ever wanted was a complete family. A loving home with two kids. It was a dream born out of a lifetime of deprivation.

And after seven years of marriage, how could she not still love Sebastian? How could she remain completely indifferent? She just didn't have it in her to be ruthless.