Chapter:- 70

"Excuse me?"

"I never meant for you to find out like this, but now that you have, yes. I'm not going to lie to you and tell you she's not related to you. But that's where it ends, Lucus. That's where it has to end."

"She's my kid."

"No, she's mine."

"Emma, that's not how this works."

"That's exactly how this works. You didn't know about her before, and we all lived just fine. We continue doing that, and everyone's going to continue to be fine."

"How can I be fine when I now know that I have a child? A child I had no idea about for seven fucking years. How could you not tell me?"

"How could I tell you when the day I found out I was pregnant you told me you wanted a divorce?"

The words tore into Lucus heart and lodged themselves there like a bullet wound. Emma's tough exterior cracked piece by piece, showing the pain that was inside.

"I came back from the doctor's hearing that I was pregnant because we had unprotected sex during my pregnancy. And here we were in yet another fight. I was