She pretended to be the infertile wife for 8 years to protect her husband’s pride—until he brought his pregnant mistress to the er and begged her to save his “new family”

That’s different.”

Camila closed her eyes.

When she finally told her parents the truth, her father had once broken a mug in the kitchen without meaning to, hands shaking as he said, “I should have known.”

She had told him no.

But parents often carry guilt even when they did nothing wrong.

Over soup, her mother asked, “Do you still want children?”

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