Chapter 131 Eva’s Point of View The room was suffocating, the air heavy with the weight of unspoken truths and unresolved pain. I stared at him Maximilian Graves on his knees before me, his once-proud posture crumbled under the weight of his guilt. The man who had once been untouchable, who had he
Chapter 132 Max’s Point of View The weight of her words crushed me. The bitterness in her voice, the unwavering resolve in her eyes it was like a blade slicing through my chest. She didn’t just reject me; she made it clear that I was the villain in her story, and perhaps I deserved it. “Leave my
Chapter 133 Eva’s Point of View The weight of the confrontation with Max clung to me like a suffocating shroud. Every word, every look, every plea replayed in my mind, haunting me as I sat in Sally’s cozy living room. The soft hum of the heater did little to warm the chill that had settled deep in
Just as I began to feel the first tendrils of calm, my phone buzzed on the coffee table. I reached for it, my heart skipping a beat when I saw the caller ID. “Hello?” I answered, my voice tentative. “Ms. Brown?” a man’s voice said on the other end, his tone urgent. “Yes, this is Eva,” I replied,
Chapter 134 Eva’s Point of View The drive to the hospital was a blur. Sally’s hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, her knuckles white as she navigated through the evening traffic. My own hands trembled uncontrollably in my lap, and no matter how hard I tried to steady them, the fear in my che
Now, he was lying on an operating table, fighting for his life. The thought made my heart feel heavy, like it was being crushed under the weight of my emotions. Guilt crept in, sharp and painful, making it hard to breathe. I pressed my hands against my face, trying to hold back the tears, but it wa
Chapter 135 Eva’s Point of View Emily’s asked, her voice sharp and full of venom, but I didn’t flinch. My heart raced, not with fear but with a strange strength I hadn’t felt before. It was as if all the pain and humiliation I had endured had built a wall around my heart, one that could no longer
Chapter 136 Maximilian’s Point of View The hospital corridor felt noisy as Sara’s voice rang out, her voice pierced through the tense silence like a jagged knife. “What are you doing here, Max?” Her tone was harsh, a mixture of disbelief and anger, but beneath it, there was something else hurt. I
"Age is just a number," Leo declared grandly, another line I suspected came from Eva's romantic comedies. "And my heart wants what it wants." "Your heart wanted to marry the pizza delivery girl last week," Sam reminded him. "That was before I met Clara," Leo said with dignity. Then he turned back
Chapter 187 Max's Point Of View I stared at the stack of reports on my desk, each one thicker than the last, but none containing the answers I needed. Finding Emily's secrets was like trying to catch smoke, just when we thought we had a lead, it would slip through our fingers. "Mr. Graves?" Clar
Chapter 186 Max point of view I sat at Eva's dining room table, watching my kids do their homework. It had been a week since the cookie incident, and things were... well, different. Not perfect, but different. James was actually letting me help him with his math now. He still rolled his eyes whe
Chapter 185 Eva's point of view I got up from the floor as fast as I could, trying to brush cookie crumbs out of my hair. My face felt like it was on fire as I met Josh's stare. Even though he's only a few years older than me, that look on his face still made me feel like a little kid who got cau
Chapter 184 Max sat on the living room floor, surrounded by opened presents and four very different reactions to his presence. Mia beamed at him, clutching her new stuffed unicorn like it was made of gold. The boys, however, radiated waves of barely contained hostility that made the room feel ten d
"Sometimes," Sam continued, his young voice unnaturally steady, "she would look at pictures and get really quiet. Was that because of you too?" I swallowed hard. "Yes." "Then why should we want you here?" Leo demanded. "You hurt Mom. You didn't want us." "That's not true," I said quickly, too qui
Chapter 183 MAX POINT OF VIEW My hands wouldn't stop sweating on the steering wheel as I pulled up to Eva's house. The trunk was loaded with wrapped presents, toys, books, games, everything I could think of that five-year-olds might like. But somewhere deep in my gut, I knew no mountain of gifts c
Chapter 182 Mia couldn't contain her excitement as she ran up the stairs, taking them two at a time. Her heart was racing, but not from the climb. She'd just overheard the most amazing news, and she had to tell her siblings right away. Their dad was coming to see them tomorrow! She burst into Jame
Opening my laptop, I pulled up Emily's company records. If she and Sara were behind everything that has been happening, they must have left some trace. People always did, no matter how careful they were. I just had to find it before they made their next move. Financial records, meeting minutes, trav