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EDEN

I looked to Roman for help as Ethan begged me.

“Um, mummy actually can't go with you right now. She has some important work to do and she can't take you along but I'm here. Daddy's here. We can go to the water park.”

He knew how much Ethan loved the water park.

His face fell.

“Okay, don't stay too long. Daddy plays rough.”

Roman faked being hurt and came to snatch him from the ground.

As he laughed, I looked at my children and couldn't imagine leaving them behind. But I had to . For their own safety.

Tears gathered in my eyes and I had to walk out of the room so they wouldn't see me crying.

Roman would ask me if something was wrong and I didnt want him to. I just ran into the room and fell on the bed in tears.

“What am I going to do?”

I wanted to speak to someone about this but I didn't know who to talk to. They might not understand and they may think that I would hurt my children even though I would never do that in a million years.

The door opened and I thought it was Roman but