Semua Bab Fated By One Night: Bab 1 - Bab 6

The world around her was spinning. Colors bled into one another, and the pounding bass of the music warped into a distorted hum in her ears. Danielle Chloe Carter barely recognized her own body—it burned, a feverish heat spreading under her skin, consuming her from the inside out.Her breath came in short, labored gasps as she reached out blindly, fingertips scraping against the cool marble walls of the dimly lit hallway. Her legs wobbled, refusing to obey her, and she staggered forward.Something’s wrong.She wasn’t drunk—no, this was different. The unnatural heat flooding her veins, the way her thoughts slipped from her grasp like water through her fingers… she had been drugged.Panic surged through her muddled mind, but she had no time to process it. A door appeared before her, and she clutched the handle with trembling fingers, pushing it open in desperation.Cold air rushed against her fevered skin, and she stumbled forward, crashing onto something solid—no, someone.A deep, shar

Three Years AgoThe fluorescent lights above flickered with a soft hum, casting a pale glow over the hospital corridor. The air was cold—too cold—and it reeked of antiseptic. A nurse emerged quietly from the maternity wing, her arms cradling a tightly bundled infant. Her eyes were uncertain, her steps hesitant as if every footfall added to the weight she carried.“Is it done?” Vivian Carter’s voice was low, her arms folded neatly over her designer coat.The nurse didn’t answer immediately. She looked over her shoulder, back toward the room she’d just left. Her expression faltered. “Yes… but are you absolutely sure about this? The baby—”“She’ll never know.” Vivian’s tone sharpened. “That child is the product of disgrace. A stain on this family.”“She wanted to keep him,” the nurse whispered.Vivian scoffed, her painted lips curling in disdain. “Danielle doesn’t get to want anything. She made her choice when she disobeyed me. Now she’ll face the consequences.”With a final glance, Vivi

“Daddy.”Alexander Sterling didn’t look up from his laptop. “Hm?”Theo stood by the door of the home office, his tiny hands gripping the hem of his shirt, his lips forming a tight line.“I want to see her.”Alexander finally looked up. “See who?”“The pretty lady from the hotel,” Theo said, more determined this time. “I miss her.”Alexander leaned back in his chair, arms crossing slowly. “Theo, you just met her.”“But she held my hand,” Theo argued, walking closer. “She said I was safe with her. And she smiled like Mama in my dreams.”Alexander stilled.That word. Mama.He rarely heard Theo use it. And certainly never like this.Theo’s gray eyes, so like his father’s, stared up with silent insistence. “Please, Daddy.”Alexander sighed, closing the laptop. “What do you even think she is? A fairy godmother?”Theo didn’t smile. He meant it. “She smelled like sunshine. I just want to see her again. Please?”Alexander pinched the bridge of his nose. He wasn’t fond of unexpected connections