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2024-03-22 12:30:54[IVAN]
Exactly after three days, Junior would be leaving for his boarding school, and to say Ana had been a complete mess, was an understatement.
I understood her pain. I loved my son just as much.
Well, maybe my love for our son could never match up to the motherly love Ana held for Junior, but it was love all the same. I felt for her and I wanted to make sure that she knew that when it came to our kids, we were always in this together.
We were a team.
After dinner, I took a small walk around the estate with the kids. Tati was a bundle of energy, running around while we all laughed, but Ivan was calmer than usual, sticking to my side.
I ruffled his hair whenever I got the chance to, talking about this and that, and the little one would always look up at me with so much love in his eyes.
I couldn’t believe that a decade ago I would have laughed even at the thought of having a family, of having a kid. But now I h
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