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[Astrid]I watch Vivienne leave with my jaw hanging open.Still not able to believe what just happened.Did she actually just slap me? Right in front of the school?I rub my cheek and feel the painful sensation she left behind.That idiot of a woman. What does she think of herself? That she can do whatever she wants just because she comes from money now? That now she’s rich and the heiress to one of the richest families in the world? Well, hell no. She might be rich, but she’s still the woman Caden left. And no matter how hard she tries, she will never be someone more than that.Ugh.“Ms. Evelina,” someone calls me from behind, and for a brief second, I school my expression as if nothing out of the ordinary happened.“Yes, that’s me,” I turn around and greet the woman.“I apologize for the delay, but the administration will see you now.”I smile. “Thank you so much. It’ll only take a few minutes of their busy schedule.”“No problem. Please, follow me,” she says, then turns and leads m
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[Vivienne]I have just reached the office when my phone rings.When I see the name flashing on the screen, I immediately think of the worst.I pick up quickly. “Is Axel okay? Please tell me he’s okay.”The principal on the other end chuckles softly. “Axel is fine, Ms. Richardson. I just called to inform you about something.”First, I take a deep breath and tap my hand on my chest, wanting my heart to calm down.Axel is okay. That’s all that matters.Second, I focus on what the man said next. Inform me about something? I wonder what it might be.I gesture for Andrew to close the door and turn around in my chair. “Sure. What is it?”The man clears his throat. “I hope you remember the conversation we had during Axel’s admission. You wanted your brother and sister-in-law to be named as his legal guardians.”“I remember.”That’s right—so much was going on at that time, all the media craze, always hogging outside our mansion, trying to get as many sneak peeks as they could. It made our life
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[Caden]I’m in a meeting when the doors of my cabin fly open and Astrid strolls in.From the look on her face, it doesn’t seem like she regrets barging into something so serious.She just stands there, staring at me, as if waiting for me to give her my undivided attention.I take a deep breath and continue what I was saying.“So, as I was saying, we need to finish this segment of the project by the end of the month. If not, the chances of completing it on time will be very slim.”The four men sitting across the table nod, showing their agreement.“That’s all for today. Finish the final draft and send it to me before Saturday. I’ll be waiting.”As the men shuffle out, murmuring polite goodbyes and avoiding eye contact with Astrid, I finally turn to face her fully.She’s already leaning against the door, arms crossed, expression unreadable—but I know that look. It’s the one that usually comes right before she flips my whole day upside down.I arch an eyebrow. “You couldn’t wait five min
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[Vivienne]For the last two days, I’ve been coming to pick Axel up.Thankfully, I haven’t run into either Astrid or Caden while doing so—and I’ve been clinging to that tiny stroke of luck like a lifeline.Today, I’m hoping for the same miracle when a sleek black car pulls up beside mine.The moment I glance over and see Alexander stepping out, that hope shakes a little.I almost imagined him to be Caden.Shit, I really need to stop thinking about him.My brows pull together in confusion anyway, however. “What? What are you doing here?”He flashes one of those charming, too-smooth smiles. “The same thing you are.”Like that should explain everything.“I don’t understand.”He looks at me—really looks at me—with a kind of amusement that instantly puts me on edge. And then he chuckles, low and annoyingly pleased with himself. “Oh boy… looks like you’ve been kept in the dark.”My frown deepens, and I hate the way he’s drawing this out. Like this is some kind of game and I’m the last one to
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[Caden]The look on Vivienne’s face is one of pure shock.And honestly? I can’t blame her.If I were in her place—caught red-handed with the boy who just called her mom—I’d be just as stunned too.But that’s not what I’m focused on right now.Right now, I’m stuck trying to process the truth that just unfolded in front of my eyes. Trying to wrap my head around what I just witnessed. Trying—and failing—to make sense of it.When Astrid came to my office two days ago, rambling about Vivienne and questioning her reasons for being at the school, I brushed it off. I believed Vivienne. She was calm, collected. There was no reason to doubt her. No cracks in her story.We both lost our child. We both knew what it meant to hold onto grief by the edges, to survive on scraps of hope. For me, it was Benjamin—the son of Samuel and Sasha. For Vivienne, it was her brother’s boy. Or so I thought.I understood her. At least, I thought I did. Her need. Her effort to build something steady, something clos
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[Vivienne]“Is he mine?”That’s what he asked.That’s what he wants to know.The fact that he was able to piece together the whole truth in just mere seconds baffles me.But maybe I shouldn’t be that surprised either.If you put Axel and Caden in one room, you could clearly see the similarities in their faces—the texture of their hair, the shape of their eyes and lips, and even that small dimple on their chin.Even if I want to, I can’t deny it.Because he knows. He knows and he still wants to know. Maybe he wants to hear the truth from my mouth. Or maybe he wants me to speak the truth after years of lies I’ve told the world.But instead of doing so, I turn to Alexander instead.“Can you please take the kids home?”“But Vivienne—” he tries to say something, probably warning me against what he thinks I’m about to do, but I cut him off.“Just go. Take both of them. We’ll see you at home.”Alexander nods, hopefully trusting me to handle this mess on my own, and reaches for Axel.However,
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[Caden]Axel beams like it’s Christmas morning. His little hand wraps around Benjamin’s again, and they both nod enthusiastically like I just handed them a treasure map and told them we’re off to find gold.I smile. At least, I think I do. At least enough for them to believe everything’s okay.But nothing is okay. Not even close.As I usher them toward the car, I can feel her eyes on me—Vivienne. The silence behind me weighs heavier than the truth I just unearthed. And that’s saying something.Because the truth?The truth is like a blade in the center of my chest, twisting slowly every time Axel looks at me like I’m a stranger.Because I am. I am a stranger.To my own damn son.He’s mine. I don’t need a test, I don’t need confirmation—I can feel it in my bones, in my gut, in the way his laugh dug itself under my skin the moment I heard it. That little boy is mine. And she didn’t tell me. Not when she had the chance. Not when it would’ve mattered.Why? Why would she do this to me? Why
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[Vivienne]Was I ever planning to tell him the truth?Well, I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe not?I mean, how does it matter anyway? He never wanted the kid in the first place—he made sure to tell me that much.Not once, but twice, he asked me to get rid of my pregnancy. So why, oh why, in any reality of this world, would he be interested in that kid again?To be honest? I don’t understand his anger at all. What is he so upset about? That I hid the truth from him about our child? Well, newsflash, Mr. Lawrence: if it were left to you, Axel wouldn’t have made it into the world in the first place—let alone for you to be mad about it.But I don’t tell him that. Not because I’m somehow afraid of him, but because the kids are here, and there’s no way I’m going to involve them in this mess. Sure, they’re inevitably part of this anyway, but for as long as I can shield them from the truth—or at least the harshness of it—I will do so with everything I have.So what do I do?I look back at Caden, then
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[Vivienne]“Anyway, it’s late now,” I finally say, after a long, awkward silence between us. “You should rest. We can continue this talk tomorrow.”“Or maybe we should keep talking,” he suggests instead, brows deeply furrowed, as if he’s in one of his bad moods but doesn’t want me to think he is.“You must be tired. The drive was long.”“I’m not.”“Well, I am,” I say, not sure how else to push this conversation to the morning. Because God knows, I can’t think straight anymore. My heart is beating too fast. My head is swaying too loud. And my skin… my skin is practically on fire.It’s been a long, long time since someone put me in such a daze with merely a touch. And the only person to do that—even back then—surprisingly, turns out to be Caden himself.That’s why I know I can’t be any closer to him. That’s why I know this conversation needs to end. And I need to lock myself in my room before I do something stupid…“You don’t look tired,” he says instead, watching me with that scrutiniz
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Obviously, I don’t know what to say, but I can’t say it doesn’t make me furious to think about the kind of man she’s pegged me for all this time.That’s what I get for not being honest from the very beginning.I get it—all the accusations. The distrust. The disappointment.And it’s a bitter pill to swallow. I get it. I swear I do.But that doesn’t mean I’ll let her talk down to me like this, thinking of me as someone I’ve never been.“You know,” I say after a while, inhaling a deep breath and taking a few slow steps in her direction, “you and I—we’re no different from each other.”“You’ve lost your mind,” she scoffs, not even letting me finish. “If you think you and I are even in the same category. I’ve done nothing wrong in my life.”“And neither did I. I never cheated on you, or slept with Sasha or whatever woman you accuse me of being with. Yes, I might have accidentally kissed her once or twice, but let me tell you—it was what it was. An accident. I didn’t do it on purpose. I was…
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[Caden]For a minute, a long silence follows after what Vivienne just said.And I don’t blame either one of us for it.How can I, when no matter how many times I try to wrap my head around what she just told me, I still fail to do so?How am I supposed to believe that someone wanted my child gone? And who was that woman? What was she trying to achieve with that accident? Was getting my unborn child killed the only thing she was after, or was there something else in the picture? And once again, who the hell was that woman, anyway?I’ll be honest with you. This all feels like a convenient story my ex-wife cooked up just to get me off her back. It very well sounds like one. Too bizarre. Too unpredictable. Too… impossible.But the way she’s looking at me—so tense, so worried, and damn frustrated—something stops me from calling her out on the lie.Because what if she’s telling the truth? What if everything she just said actually happened? There was an accident—that I know for sure. And the
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[Vivienne]Due to the heavy traffic, the two-hour drive turns into four.By the time we make it to my grandparents’ estate, the sky has already partly darkened.I’m waiting for Caden to pass a comment any moment now.But as he pulls the car into the driveway and gets out to open the doors for the boys, nothing comes out of his mouth.I don’t know what to think, or say, or how to act.This is the first time I’ve brought him not just to any place, but to what I consider my true safe place.This is where I spent my days and nights during and after my pregnancy. This is the place I hid from the world, raising my kid alone.And now he’s here.I swallow hard.I glance toward him. He’s crouched down, helping Benjamin out of the car with a gentleness that knocks something loose in my chest.This isn’t fair.He doesn’t get to look like that—soft and careful—as if he hasn’t shown me the worst side of himself. As if he hasn’t been cruel and thoughtless and so arrogant in the past. As if he didn’
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[Caden]Vivienne looks at me like I haven’t just told the truth—but slapped her across the face with it.Her eyes widen, her jaw drops slightly open. And then, just like that, the fire returns.“That’s not what I meant,” she snaps, eyes like daggers locked on mine. “I just don’t want to go to your home. That’s all. And before you ask why, let me tell you—I have my reasons. I hate that place you call home. I hate you. And I’d hate myself too if I ever stepped foot in that house again.”Somehow, while she spits out every word, my eyes fix on her mouth.She’s furious, clearly. But so am I.So the question is—who’s going to break first?“Fine,” I mutter, mostly because something clicks in my head that should’ve clicked years ago. Not that I’m about to let her know that. She already said she hates me—the last thing I need is her storming off before I even get the truth I came here for. “But we’re not going to your place either.”She crosses her arms. “Well then, I guess we’re stuck now.”S
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[Vivienne]Was I ever planning to tell him the truth?Well, I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe not?I mean, how does it matter anyway? He never wanted the kid in the first place—he made sure to tell me that much.Not once, but twice, he asked me to get rid of my pregnancy. So why, oh why, in any reality of this world, would he be interested in that kid again?To be honest? I don’t understand his anger at all. What is he so upset about? That I hid the truth from him about our child? Well, newsflash, Mr. Lawrence: if it were left to you, Axel wouldn’t have made it into the world in the first place—let alone for you to be mad about it.But I don’t tell him that. Not because I’m somehow afraid of him, but because the kids are here, and there’s no way I’m going to involve them in this mess. Sure, they’re inevitably part of this anyway, but for as long as I can shield them from the truth—or at least the harshness of it—I will do so with everything I have.So what do I do?I look back at Caden, then
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[Caden]Axel beams like it’s Christmas morning. His little hand wraps around Benjamin’s again, and they both nod enthusiastically like I just handed them a treasure map and told them we’re off to find gold.I smile. At least, I think I do. At least enough for them to believe everything’s okay.But nothing is okay. Not even close.As I usher them toward the car, I can feel her eyes on me—Vivienne. The silence behind me weighs heavier than the truth I just unearthed. And that’s saying something.Because the truth?The truth is like a blade in the center of my chest, twisting slowly every time Axel looks at me like I’m a stranger.Because I am. I am a stranger.To my own damn son.He’s mine. I don’t need a test, I don’t need confirmation—I can feel it in my bones, in my gut, in the way his laugh dug itself under my skin the moment I heard it. That little boy is mine. And she didn’t tell me. Not when she had the chance. Not when it would’ve mattered.Why? Why would she do this to me? Why
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[Vivienne]“Is he mine?”That’s what he asked.That’s what he wants to know.The fact that he was able to piece together the whole truth in just mere seconds baffles me.But maybe I shouldn’t be that surprised either.If you put Axel and Caden in one room, you could clearly see the similarities in their faces—the texture of their hair, the shape of their eyes and lips, and even that small dimple on their chin.Even if I want to, I can’t deny it.Because he knows. He knows and he still wants to know. Maybe he wants to hear the truth from my mouth. Or maybe he wants me to speak the truth after years of lies I’ve told the world.But instead of doing so, I turn to Alexander instead.“Can you please take the kids home?”“But Vivienne—” he tries to say something, probably warning me against what he thinks I’m about to do, but I cut him off.“Just go. Take both of them. We’ll see you at home.”Alexander nods, hopefully trusting me to handle this mess on my own, and reaches for Axel.However,
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[Caden]The look on Vivienne’s face is one of pure shock.And honestly? I can’t blame her.If I were in her place—caught red-handed with the boy who just called her mom—I’d be just as stunned too.But that’s not what I’m focused on right now.Right now, I’m stuck trying to process the truth that just unfolded in front of my eyes. Trying to wrap my head around what I just witnessed. Trying—and failing—to make sense of it.When Astrid came to my office two days ago, rambling about Vivienne and questioning her reasons for being at the school, I brushed it off. I believed Vivienne. She was calm, collected. There was no reason to doubt her. No cracks in her story.We both lost our child. We both knew what it meant to hold onto grief by the edges, to survive on scraps of hope. For me, it was Benjamin—the son of Samuel and Sasha. For Vivienne, it was her brother’s boy. Or so I thought.I understood her. At least, I thought I did. Her need. Her effort to build something steady, something clos
