Continue Your Worth

"I am not being unreasonable!" Emma Hart said indignantly, frustrated at how Damien Sterling could accuse her of such a thing.

 

"Go home and rest!" Damien Sterling continued in a cold tone, his gaze fixed on Emma who seemed somewhat out of control, yet his voice maintained a chilly, yet oddly serene quality.

 

"Mr. Sterling, once I've safely had the child, I suppose I'll be of no further use?" Emma Hart suddenly realized how sad it truly was; in Damien's eyes, she was perhaps nothing more than a surrogate, a role any other woman could fulfill. He had merely chosen her for the task, and that was that. Anyone could take her place!

 

"If you wish, you can continue to prove your worth," Damien said softly.

 

She didn't want to, though. Wasn't she planning to leave this man? Wouldn't that be wonderful? Yet why was there this sudden knot in her heart? Where did this sense of loss come from?