The effect of second epilogue to When he was wicked - anyone else feels the same?

I know this opinion/question is highly controversial and will be downvoted but I dare to ask it anyway. Because I’m curious to know if anyone else feels the same.

I first read the book without the second epilogue and was highly moved by the ending: “Thank you Michael for letting my son love her first.” This single line in John’s mother’s letter summarized perfectly all the turmoil and emotions the story had. It left me stunned to stare at the last page blinking tears. Breathless even. The only book in Bridgerton series that made me cry. It’s similar in depth to the ending of Queen Charlotte, which is the most heartfelt ending ever.

I loved the story so much I instantly got audiobook and listened it. I wasn’t aware of the second epilogues and the audio had them. Naturally I was excited to get more Michael and listened it. But when it was finished I felt oddly flat and disappointed. The last second miracle baby felt like slap on the face. It felt like the love they shared, all they had gone through together wasn’t enough, their love for each other wasn’t enough, and it kinda wasn’t. Second epilogue erased their love story for me. I had even thought Quinn to be very bold leaving their story without children. But she added the baby to make romcom happy ever after ending and that is fine. It has surely given happiness and hope to many people and in that it’s of course a great thing. I was happier with the original ending.

But now that people are talking about Francesca’s story being an infertility journey and gender swap completely destroying the story I just feel that the second epilogue made disservice to their lovestory in general. In my opinion the original story is about so much more and in which babies weren’t even very important, other than Michael trying to baby trapp Francesca and that wasn’t his brightest moment in the story. Francesca deciding to enter marriage mart in hope to have a baby wasn’t the reason she started to have sex with Michael, found out the passion she never knew existed, fell in love. All that happened because she could not resist him and it would have eventually happened for sure without marriage/baby plans.

I know lot of people see this in totally different light and that is of course as it should be. That is what makes stories interesting, everyone feels differently about them and connect to their favorite stories for different reasons. Just wondering if anyone feels the same I do.