After Heartbroken The Billionaire Begging Me To Stay Novel – While I was wrestling with telling my husband Rylan about my pregnancy, my phone buzzed with a news alert. Billionaire Rylan spotted with Aria at a baby check-up, a couple expecting! My hands shook so badly she could barely hold her phone. A photo accompanying the story shows Aria touching her flat stomach, all smiles. That photo felt like a knife to my heart. I doubled over, clutching my chest, struggling to breathe. Gathering my courage, I dialed his number.
“Miss Ashford, you’re about two months pregnant. Congratulations!” Back at her and Rylan’s luxurious home, Brielle was still in shock. Was she really having a baby? She and Rylan were married, but things were complicated between them. She wasn’t sure if she should break the news to him. While she was wrestling with this decision, her phone buzzed with a news alert. [Billionaire Rylan spotted with Aria at baby check-up, couple expecting!] Brielle’s hands shook so badly she could barely hold her phone. It felt like ages before she finally tapped on the article, her eyes misty. There was a photo accompanying the story.
In it, Aria was touching her flat stomach, all smiles. Rylan, who usually came across as cold and distant, was holding Aria as if she were made of glass. His eyes were soft and full of love. It was as if Aria were the only person in his world. But Rylan is her husband. He had once promised her he’d never cheat or let her down. That photo felt like a knife to Brielle’s heart. She doubled over, clutching her chest, struggling to breathe. The comments were full of congratulations. Everyone was thrilled about Rylan and his “soulmate” getting married and having a baby. But Brielle couldn’t believe it. He’d promised to love only her forever, to have children only with her. She still couldn’t believe he’d really cheated. Gathering her courage, she dialed his number. He answered almost immediately. Trying to keep her voice steady despite the pain, she asked, “Rylan, are you coming home tonight? We need to talk…” “No,” he cut her off coldly. “Aria’s pregnant. I’m staying with her.”
His voice turned harsh. “Stop bothering Aria, or you’ll regret it!” The last bit of hope in Brielle’s heart crumbled. Her husband, the man she loved, had really gotten Aria pregnant. Nothing could hurt worse than this. The pain spread, and her stomach started aching too. Doubled over, her voice shaking, she managed to ask, “What if I’m pregnant too?” “Ha!” He laughed cruelly. “I always used protection with you. There’s no way you’re pregnant, and even if you were, I wouldn’t want that child. Brielle, you make me sick! Stop embarrassing yourself!” Then he hung up. Staring at her dark phone screen, Brielle felt her heart sink. ‘Rylan, do you want a boy or a girl?’ ‘As long as it’s yours, I’ll love it no matter what!’ ‘Only Brielle will be the mother of my children.’
His sweet promises from what felt like yesterday echoed in her head. She thought their vows meant his feelings would never change. She couldn’t believe he’d really gotten another woman pregnant and said he wouldn’t want their baby! The more Brielle thought about it, the more her chest hurt. Suddenly, overcome with pain, she coughed up blood and collapsed on the floor! Brielle Ashford woke up the following evening. The blood on the floor had long since dried. She couldn’t understand why she had been coughing up blood. As she pondered this, her phone rang urgently. It was a call from her grandmother’s primary doctor. Her grandma had taken a turn for the worse. Without immediate surgery, she wouldn’t make it past a week.
The operation would cost nearly a million dollars. Rylan had cut her off completely, so Brielle had no choice but to ask him for the money. She tried calling, but he didn’t pick up. She’d have to find him in person. The servants said he’d just left in his car. There was no time to lose. Even though it was pouring outside, she ran to the main house, hoping to catch up with him. Rylan was driving slowly, and she finally managed to stop his car at the villa’s gate. Her stomach started acting up again. The pain, like a wildfire, spread from her gut, nearly knocking her down several times. But she kept knocking on Rylan’s car window, begging over and over, “Rylan, can you lend me a million dollars? My grandma was in a really bad car crash. The doctor says if she doesn’t get surgery soon, she won’t last a week. Please, help save my grandma… I’m begging you…” The rain came down harder. The pain got worse and worse. Brielle tried to stand up straight, but she couldn’t help doubling over.
Her eyes were red with pain, and she tasted blood in her mouth. Seeing that Rylan wasn’t even looking at her, she bit her lip hard and kept pleading, “My grandma’s really in bad shape now.” “Rylan, please, please save her…” Finally, the car window slowly lowered, and Brielle saw Rylan’s face – impeccably handsome, yet cold enough to chill one’s heart! His dark eyes held no warmth, only hatred and cruelty. She heard him say, “That old woman’s dying?” Before she could respond, he sneered cruelly, “Good, I can send her a coffin when the time comes.” Brielle’s tears fell instantly. He used to call grandma his own. He’d promised to give grandma a good life. But now, he just wanted her dead! As she stood there in pain, she saw Aria next to him, wearing a skimpy dress and hanging on Rylan’s arm. “Rylan, I just love this bracelet you got me.”
Brielle couldn’t help but notice the flashy diamond bracelet on Aria’s wrist. She’d seen it in a magazine – one of a kind, worth over ten mil. He’d just dropped ten million on a bracelet for Aria, but wouldn’t even lend her one mil to save her grandma. Loved and not being loved, the difference is really big. Brielle was also a proud and bright girl who especially hated begging others. But she was so worried about her grandma, she was shaking as she begged, “Please, just lend me a million.” “You throw gifts worth way more than that at Aria without blinking, you…” He cut her off with a nasty laugh, “Comparing yourself to Aria? You’re not even in her league.” “Brielle, with that black heart of yours, you’re not fit to polish Aria’s shoes!” “Stay away from Aria from now on. If you mess with her or the baby, I’ll make sure that old lady of yours bites the dust myself!” “Let’s go!” “Rylan, please… I’ll do anything if you help my grandma…” Brielle tried to say more through the pain, but Rylan had already told the driver to go.
He was all over Aria, treating her like a princess. All Brielle got was mud from the car’s tires. Her stomach hurt even worse. She doubled over, hugging herself tight. Everyone said she was shallow and mean, that she’d aborted Rylan’s baby when he was down on his luck and hooked up with some rich old guy. But it wasn’t true. Four years ago, it was Aria’s people who held a knife to her sick mom’s throat, forcing her to get rid of the baby and leave Rylan. Too bad he didn’t buy her story. The wind and rain beat down on her, freezing her to the bone. She hugged herself tighter, shaking from the cold. But her heart still felt the coldest of all. She was clutching her chest in pain when her phone suddenly went off. She picked up in a daze, hearing the doctor’s kind voice, “Miss Ashford, we have your results.” “…You’ve got stomach cancer, and it’s pretty bad.
We need to start treatment ASAP.” Late-stage stomach cancer… Brielle’s legs gave out, and she crumpled to the floor. She wiped the blood from her mouth with a shaky hand. No wonder her stomach had been killing her lately, like it was eating itself from the inside. Turns out she had this killer disease – late-stage stomach cancer! After what felt like forever, she managed to ask, “Doc, how long have I got?” “Without treatment, six months tops.” The doctor’s voice got even softer, “If you start chemo right away and take this new special pill from the pharma bureau, you might stretch it to a year or two.”
Brielle didn’t say anything at first, her mind wandering. She knew those bureau drugs cost an arm and a leg. She couldn’t even pay for her grandma’s treatment, how was she gonna afford this fancy pill? Plus, if she did chemo, her baby wouldn’t make it. She wanted to have this kid and find some good people to adopt it before she kicked the bucket. “Thanks, doc, but I’m gonna pass on the treatment.” With that, she hung up the phone, ignoring the doctor’s advice, feeling lost and dazed. After she hung up, Brielle couldn’t hold it in anymore and started bawling her eyes out. “Woof woof…” Her mutt, Cookie, came over and nudged her hand with his fuzzy head. Like he was saying, don’t cry, I’m here for you.
That just made Brielle cry even harder. She hugged Cookie tight, saying over and over, “I’m so scared of losing Grandma…” She wasn’t afraid of dying herself, but the thought of losing her grandma scared her. Just like four years ago, when she screamed and screamed but couldn’t wake up her mom after she’d been beaten up. Just like when she searched high and low but could never bring her brother back home… As she bawled her eyes out, she suddenly felt herself being lifted – it was Rylan, who she thought had left. He yanked her away from Cookie and scooped her up with one arm. “Woof!” Cookie, clearly scared Rylan might hurt her, tried to act tough and barked at him. But Cookie was old now, hobbling along, and couldn’t keep up with Rylan. In no time, Rylan had carried her into the main bedroom of the house. He roughly threw her onto the bed, then suddenly shoved her skirt up!