Charles had always thought that the reason Derrick had forced Janet to terminate her pregnancy was because, at the time, she was still legally Philip's wife. And in Derrick's eyes, nothing was more intolerable than betrayal—especially within his own family. Charles had believed that was the whole story.
But if he had known earlier that the issue hadn't come from them at all...
Maybe, just maybe, he would have stood up to Derrick, fought him to the bitter end—for the woman he loved and the child they lost.
Unlike Derrick, he wasn't made of cold steel. He couldn't be that ruthless.
"You are your own person. Charles is Charles. You deserve to have a child too," Derrick said, his tone softening slightly, but the coercion in his words remained unmistakable.
