"This is our baby," Hadley said, her voice breaking. "You were so excited for his arrival. How could you even think of killing him?"
She staggered back with her face drenched in tears, and she clutched her stomach like a shield. "I know you are desperate to find Mrs. Cole, but our child is innocent."
"Even if Madam knew, she would never condone this."
Weston did not bother looking up. His thumb ground into his wedding band as if he could erase the past, and his voice came out like steel. "I already failed Maeve once," he said. "I will not lose her again. I will not gamble on even a shred of doubt."
At his signal, the bodyguards yanked Hadley forward. She fought like a wildcat, and her screams tore from her throat while tears smeared her cheeks. "No!" she cried. "Please, I am begging yo
