The Return of My First Love

I had been trying for a baby with my husband for three years—with zero luck.Then, one day, I took a prenatal vitamin in front of my bestie, who's a doctor.She grabbed the pill bottle, frowned, and crushed one into powder between her fingers."This isn't a prenatal. It's birth control."Her words sent a chill down my spine.I immediately sent the pills for lab testing.Turns out, I had been taking birth control for the past three years.Pills that Lucas Harrison gave me.Every single time before we were together, he'd coax me into swallowing one.I was about to confront him with the test results when a message popped up in our mutual friends' group chat—sent by Scarlett Bennett.The photo?A pregnancy test, bold and bright, with two dark pink lines.[Babe, wanna make a bet?][Do you think we're having a little Lucas or a little Scarlett?][I'm betting on a little Lucas.]Two minutes later, she pretended to be flustered.[Oops, sorry, guys. Sent that to the wrong chat.][Can't unsend it now, so just… pretend you didn't see anything.]I let out a bitter laugh, my last shred of guilt vanishing in an instant.I finally replied to the one that got away—the man I should have never left.