CHAPTER 16

  Some Days later, Maddison returned from the hospital, and Ethan got on his knees begging.

  "Please babe, forgive me", he said.

  I don't have anything to say to him other than to forgive him. Of course. His reputation was at stake. He was, after all, a lawyer with a top firm, and his father was well respected too. I wasn't about to ruin everything for him. I love him, and I did not want to lose him, so I was willing to compromise and pretend everything was fine. Despite what this pregnancy issue had turned him into. Ethan had been wonderful to me and I owed a lot to him. Still, I needed some assurances from him.

  "Ethan, you need to promise me that this will never happen again."

  "I promise, I swear I will never lay a hand on you again."

  I thought our relationship would go back to the way it was. I was so wrong. Ethan was so desperate for a baby that I realized. He continued with his series of attempts to impregnate me.