Chapter 5 Blake staggered , nearly losing his footing . When he looked up again , his eyes were bloodshot . After a long silence , he struggled to speak . " What do you mean , disappeared ? " " Where could Riley possibly go ? " " And how could Mrs. James be dead ?! " His assistant looked ready to break down but forced himself to continue : " Mrs. James passed away right after you left with Miss . Carter that day . " " I checked the security footage .

She cried for hours before leaving the hospital room . After the funeral , she went to the rooftop . " " All the doctors who saw her said she seemed to have lost her will to live - like a walking corpse . " Blake stood frozen in place . He knew that after her mother became comatose , Riley had developed severe depression . At its worst , she had attempted suicide several times . Each time , he had desperately pulled her back , kneeling and begging her not to leave him .

He knew perfectly well that what kept her going was the hope of seeing her mother awake again . Yet he had extinguished her last flicker of hope . The realization that he had personally removed her mother's oxygen tube drained every drop of color from his face . He trembled , unable to utter a single word . " The doctors also mentioned that Riley had recently undergone an abortion procedure . Her body was extremely weak . " The assistant's words hit Blake like a sledgehammer to the chest .

He shook violently , nearly dropping the baby in his arms . The infant's piercing cries rang out , but he barely registered the sound . He only grabbed his assistant's collar , his face contorted with fear . 13.50 His Rival's Raby in My Belly While He's Babysitting His Pregnant Ex ! 16.9 Chapter 5 " What did you say ? Riley was … pregnant ? " " That's impossible . Wasn't her uterus damaged ? She couldn't get pregnant again !

" The assistant's face paled further , but he continued firmly : " Mr. Remington , surely you knew how hard Riley tried to conceive ? " " She was terrified of needles , yet she secretly took countless injections behind your back. " " Whenever you traveled for business , she asked me to accompany her to church where she would kneel step by step , praying just to conceive your child . " A thunderous roaring filled Blake's head . Riley had gone to such lengths to have his child .

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