Chapter 89 Kashton
EIGHTY-NINE
KASHTON
Devin exits the office, and I place my hand on my wife’s knee.
She looks up at me, and tears fall from her pretty green eyes.
I hate this for her. I asked Devin to dig, and what he found was something I never thought of.
I couldn’t keep this from her. She deserves to know the truth.
Better now than later. Eve hated herself long enough for something that never even happened.
“I…” She licks her red lips. “I didn’t see any other option.”
“I know, angel.” I take her hands in mine. “You did what you thought you had to do.” She was alone, confused, and terrified.
She frowns, taking her hands from mine. “It was a lie. I wasn’t…” She trails off, unable to say it. “Do you know how scared I was?” She gets to her feet.
I can’t even imagine. “Eve—”
“Laura told my father there was a twenty-five percent chance it would be his.” She runs her hands through her hair nervously.
“Laura? She knew about this?” I demand.
She gives a rough laugh. “The percentage of my father being the father had to be higher than that, since your father preferred to fuck my ass while he reminded me how useless I was as a woman.”
My teeth grind.
“My father told me he hoped it was a girl so she could give him what I couldn’t—children.
He was going to let his brothers rape her.
He was going to rape her,” she shouts, her wide eyes on mine.
“And if it was a boy…he was going to train him to hate me. To rape me. Either way, he was going to get what he wanted. I couldn’t do it.
” She shakes her head. “Let them treat her how they treated me or turn a boy into them.”
“I know.”
“And it was a lie,” she chokes out and whispers, “I wasn’t pregnant.” Taking a deep breath, she places her hand over her mouth. “I felt so guilty that I survived.”
I step into her and wrap my arms around her shaking shoulders. What if she had died? Garrett would have won.
He wanted to control her mind and her body, and he would do anything to break her. To make her think so little of herself. Garrett hated the fact that she was willing to die to prevent her child from having the same fate she did, so he took the option away from her.
A woman in our world is meant to give her Lord an heir, and she already thought she was useless, so he made sure she remained that way. But my wife is tough, and she fought hard to forgive herself and live her life.
I will not let him continue to do this to her. She will bounce back. It will take time, but I’ll stand right beside her, reminding her she is enough. That she’s strong, worthy of love, and will be a great mother.