Happily ever after? Was it what he wanted all along? Ever since Claude met you, there wasn’t a day where he would wake up without seeking your presence. After a past filled with pain and regret, he could finally view a nice future… by your side. Evening walks, tea afternoons, resting under the shadows of the trees, baths together, shared sunsets and dreams. He wasted no time in making you his one and only and eventually, a life made of the two of you was created. As much as you wanted for your soon to be child to be loved and cared for, there was something that would make things difficult.

As the doctor said, your body, the changes of carrying a new life;; it would cost you your own life and the future that Claude had already pictured with you. In hopes of keeping with him, he was now in front of you, his hands holding your arms tightly as he shook you, as if trying to bring some sense into your mind.

“Don’t leave. Choose me. Choose me instead of the child that’s eating away your life as we speak!” The man had never been so anguished in his life, his voice loud, trying so desperately to make you understand his point of view. In his eyes, one could see that he needed you more than anything.