Gabrielle Union’s soul was “shattered” when she learned that Dwyane Wade had another pregnant woman.

Gabrielle Union says her soul was “shattered” when she learned that her husband, Dwyane Wade, now had another pregnant woman while Union underwent IVF treatments to try and struggle to conceive.

The 48-year-old actress shares a raw account of betrayal in her new book You Got Something Stronger, of which Time published an excerpt Friday.

In the piece, Gabrielle explains, “Dwyane’s experience of having a baby so easily (while I was unable to do so) left my soul not only shattered into pieces, but shattered into fine powder that it was scattered by the wind “.

Union and Wade would continue to welcome their daughter Kaavia through a surrogate.

The piece began: ‘In 2013, before we got married, Dwyane had a baby with another woman. Needless to say, we weren’t in a good place at the time that child was conceived. “

Gabi and Dwyane started dating someone in 2008, but according to the athlete’s own documentary in 2020, the couple was on hiatus when he and his “old friend” Aja Metoyer granted Xavier, who is now seven years old.

At the time, Wade was already the father of Zaire, 18, and Zaya, 12, and was the legal guardian of his nephew, Dahveon, 18.

Although the couple “was doing much better” when she revealed her secret to her, she had a broken heart.

“To say I was devastated is to pick a word on a low shelf for convenience,” the actress explained. “There are people (strangers I will never know) who have been upset because I haven’t talked about this trauma before. I haven’t had words and even after unheard of therapies, I’m not sure I have them now.

Gabi felt especially hurt given the intensity she was trying to have a baby with Dwyane.

“The experience of having Dwyane with a baby so easily, while I was incapable, left my soul not only shattered into pieces, but shattered into fine dust that was scattered by the wind,” he wrote.

‘We put together everything we could to slowly become something new. There was no way to hide where they had hooked me. “

Although the couple was ready to pick up the pieces, Union admitted that she “feelings didn’t come from a healthy place, ”mainly because of her own struggles to get pregnant.

“So much of what made the decision so difficult was that if I didn’t undergo a surrogate pregnancy, I was convinced I had to let go of Dwyane,” she confessed. “Even if he didn’t want to, I had to let him find someone who could give him what he wanted.”

After some thought, Union began investigating surrogacy options.

She and Wade were married in 2014 and received daughter Kaavia four years later.

Dwyane previously admitted that telling Gabrielle about Xavier was the “hardest” thing she “had ever had to do.”

“I had a child with someone else and I had to tell her. The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do is do it and tell Gabrielle Union that I’ve had a child with someone else,” she said in the his documentary D. Wade: Life Unexpected. “I couldn’t sleep.” I didn’t eat.

“When you keep something where you know it’s going to come out and you have that information and you know you’re going to have someone’s life left, that you care, that you love, if it doesn’t hurt you, then you’re not human,” Wade continued. .. Gab and I just went through something you never want to go through and we still got out of it. “

Over the years, the Union has approached Wade’s older children and shares memories of his modern family on his social media from time to time.

While Zaire and Zaya usually show up, Xavier’s presence seems to be more private.

Union has been a great support to Dwyane’s daughter, Zaya, who came out as a transgender girl in February 2020.

Gabi reintroduced her daughter into the world early last year, sharing a post on Instagram that said, “Meet Zaya. She’s compassionate, affectionate, whips smartly and we’re very proud of her. It’s good to hear, to love. and respect your children exactly as they are.Love and light good people.

Wade also spoke about raising a transgender child in 2020, and told Ellen DeGeneres, “We are proud of the parents of a child in the LGBTQ + community and we are also proud of allies.”