He Poisoned Me for His Secret Son,Now I Want OutChapter 1

After those viral videos of boyfriends treating their girlfriends like babies took over the internet, I decided to test the waters.

I sent a photo of a cat to my boyfriend, who had just proposed to me the week before.

"This will be our first baby. A fur baby still counts."

Herman Barnes rubbed the top of my head, his smile casual and unhurried.

"No. That'd be the second."

I stared at him, this man who had never once said anything remotely romantic.

I was sure he meant that I was the first—fragile, sensitive me.

I didn't press him on it. After all, he really did take good care of me.

I burrowed into his arms, giddy, already dreaming of our future together.

Then came the parent-teacher conference at the kindergarten.

I watched my fiancé walk through the school gates holding the hand of a child he'd told me belonged to a friend who had passed away.

I was about to go over and ask what was going on when the little boy's voice stopped me cold.

"I don't want to be a kid without a dad anymore. When are you going to tell Ms. Gill that you're my real father?"

Herman gently pinched the boy's cheek.