Page 48 of The Possessive Alpha’s Reborn Luna

My body stiffened like stone. I wanted to refuse. But she didn't give me another chance. And if I continued to resist, they would definitely notice something was wrong. I could only allow the healer to approach.

The healer placed her hand over my lower abdomen. A warm energy seeped into my body and slowly flowed through me. I closed my eyes. My heart was pounding wildly. My fingers gripped the fabric of my dress tightly.

A few seconds later, she withdrew her hand and turned to face Cedric, a joyful smile appearing on her face. "Congratulations, Your Majesty." She bowed respectfully. "The Queen is indeed pregnant."

My heart sank to the bottom. A massive wave of unease surrounded me. My hands and feet turned cold, and my mind went completely blank.

"The Queen is pregnant?"

"Our kingdom finally has an heir!!"

Cheers and congratulations erupted from every direction.

But all I felt was suffocating fear. My hand remained tightly pressed against my stomach, and my body began trembling uncontrollably. I turned around and wanted to leave.

But suddenly, a hand grabbed my wrist. "Alice." Cedric's voice sounded beside me. "What's wrong with you?"

I didn't know how I should answer.

"We have a child." There was an emotion in Cedric's voice that I couldn't understand. "But why do you look unhappy?" He stared at me. Those dark blue eyes locked onto mine, filled with confusion. "What are you afraid of?"

I opened my mouth, but no sound came out. How could I answer him? How could I tell him that in my previous life, he abandoned his wife and child for Victoria and left me and our baby to die in the flames?

At that moment, Victoria suddenly covered her mouth. Her entire body swayed as if she had suffered an enormous blow. Her face turned deathly pale, and her emerald eyes were filled with fear and hesitation.

"Cedric..." Her voice trembled, carrying a hint of sobbing. My heart suddenly jolted.

"I..." She bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes. "I know I shouldn't say these things... but I... I can't help my sister deceive you..."

I knew this day would eventually come. But in my previous life, this scene should have happened a month later. Why had it happened so much earlier in this life?

"The child Alice is carrying..." Victoria's voice trembled, as if she were making an agonizing decision. "Is not... not yours."

The entire arena instantly fell silent. A deathly silence descended over everyone.

But inside my heart, I no longer felt the pain and panic I had experienced in my previous life when I heard those words. I had already lived through all of this once. And back then, it had been far more humiliating than this.

"She has always been very close to Caspar..." Victoria continued, tears rolling down her face. "I didn't want to believe it either, but... but you saw her reaction just now when she found out she was pregnant. If the child truly belonged to you, how could she have been so frightened? How could she have wanted to run away so desperately?"

She turned toward me, her eyes filled with sorrow. "Alice, I'm your sister. I don't want to watch you make mistake after mistake..." She choked back a sob. "And I can't hide this from Cedric, allowing the royal bloodline to be tainted."

I slowly turned my head toward Cedric. His face had already turned completely dark. His eyes burned with overwhelming rage, and his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles cracked.

"Alice, you..." His voice sounded as if it had been forced out through gritted teeth. "Do you have anything to say for yourself?"

An explanation? What else could I possibly explain? I thought mockingly in my heart. In my previous life, I had desperately tried to explain. But did you believe me? You had never believed anything except Victoria's words.

I took a deep breath and raised my head to meet his gaze. "I have nothing to say." My voice was calm.

Cedric's pupils suddenly contracted. "Guards!" He roared. "Bring Serena here! Have her verify it!"

"No need." I interrupted him. Everyone turned to look at me.

My heart was beating so fast it felt like it would burst from my chest, but I forced myself to remain calm. Perhaps... Perhaps this was actually a good opportunity. An opportunity for me to leave this kingdom early. I could follow the same script as my previous life, then fake my death in that fire and disappear forever with my child.

Slowly, word by word, I said, "I have nothing to do with Caspar. But the child in my womb is indeed not yours."

The air fell into a deathly silence. Then, an explosive uproar erupted.