He Swore She Was Never His Wife — She Had Known for Eleven Days She Was Pregnant

On the fourteenth of January, the Earl of Branscombe told his wife of four years that he intended to have their marriage annulled — on the grounds that it had never been consummated. It was a lie. And proving it would require Honoria to be examined by three court-appointed matrons in a room at Doctors' Commons, and the result read aloud in open court, and printed in the papers inside a week. He expected her to weep. He expected her to beg. What she said was: "How soon can it be done?" She had known for eleven days that she was with child. And she had decided, that morning in the library, to let him walk the whole way into it. An original Regency story about a lie told in a courtroom, and the woman who refused to stop it. 🎧 Best with headphones, in the dark, or anywhere you need a story to disappear into for a while. If you stay to the end, tell me in the comments — I read every one. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications for a new full-length story every few days. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ All stories on this channel are original works of fiction written for this channel. Names, characters and events are invented. Narration is AI-assisted. #regencyromance #historicalromance #secretbaby #audiobook #romanceaudiobook #regency #bridgerton #periodromance #regencyscandal #secondchanceromance #fullaudiobook #bedtimestory #romancestory #historicalfiction #gildedhearts