CHAPTER 3: THE CHOICE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
Ryan felt his legs give out.
"What do you mean?" he whispered.
The doctor looked serious.
"We're doing everything we can."
Hours felt like years.
Finally, a baby's cry echoed through the hallway.
Everyone stood up.
The doctor smiled.
"Both mother and baby survived."
Ryan burst into tears.
But when he tried to enter the room, the nurse stopped him.
"Emily doesn't want to see you."
Charles stepped forward.
"You heard her."
Over the next few weeks, Ryan called Emily every day.
She never answered.
Then divorce papers arrived.
Ryan was shocked.
He begged.
He apologized.
He even broke up with Vanessa.
Too late.
Six months later, the divorce was finalized.
Ryan lost his wife.
But he also lost something else.
His father removed him from the family company.
"I raised you to be a better man than this," Charles said.
One year later, Emily attended a charity event with her son.
As she walked into the ballroom, Ryan froze.
Emily wasn't alone.
Standing beside her was Dr. Daniel Brooks—the doctor who had saved her life during childbirth.
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And he was holding her hand.
THE END.
