He Stole My Dream of Motherhood

Married for seven years, Julian Sterling and I tried every single way to get pregnant, but nothing worked.

Looking at my body, bloated from all the hormone injections and medications, Julian’s eyes would turn red.

He’d hug me and say, "Claire, it’s all my fault. My sperm count is practically zero. I can never make you a mother in this lifetime. But I swear, I will love you with my entire life to make up for it."

I believed him.

For his sake, I gave up on having children. I even locked up the beachfront Malibu mansion I had fully decorated for a future baby, just to cut off any painful…