Kaleb was desperate for a son.

Esperanza was desperate not to have another child.

This left the pair of them unmatched. She knew of course that Kaleb was sleeping with someone else. There was a good chance that it was multiple someone elses. Every day there was a chance one of them would provide him the son he coveted, and she would feel less pressure to do so. He would likely still want a legitimate son, but having any male children might make him ease up even the tiniest bit on Esperanza.

She knew the test would be negative. The reason she had not been to the healers to find out if she was pregnant, was that she was going out of her way to prevent pregnancy. Charlie was only just over a year. The moment healers said it was safe to do so, Kaleb insisted on starting to try for another baby. Grace had come very easily, and Charlie had been entirely unintentional. She knew that after months of trying he was getting impatient with her. There was no way she could keep this up indefinitely. He was going to find her potions, or figure it out by simply thinking about her for more than the length of time they were shagging, or he force her to get tested for anything and everything that might cause infertility which would out her.

Leaving the test on the counter, she opened the door and gave her verbal answer. "I told you I was not pregnant. Don't you think if I was, I would be the one to know it?"