Alpha Cain’s gaze shifted to me. Annoyance flickered in his eyes.

“Stephanie,” he said, his tone sharp, “why are you making a scene?”

I stared at him.

“A scene?” I repeated, disbelief creeping into my voice.

He glanced around the room, taking in the mess.

“It’s just a room,” he said dismissively. “No one’s even using it.”

My hands clenched at my sides.

“This room—” My voice shook. “This room was for our child. The baby I miscarried!”

He didn’t react. Not the way I hoped he would. Not the way I needed him to.

“If you’re upset about the mess,” he continued, as if I hadn’t said anything meaningful at all, “then I’ll have it renovated. Everything can be replaced.”

Replaced. The word hit me harder than anything else.

“No,” I said, my voice trembling. “You can’t replace those.”

His brows furrowed slightly.

“They were the clothes I bought for our baby,” I continued, my chest tightening painfully. “The one I lost… the one we lost.”

“No one is going to use those anyway.”

I stopped breathing.

“The baby’s dead.”

The words were cold. Blunt. Careless.

Something inside me shattered completely. I stared at him, unable to comprehend how he could say that so easily.