Cathy called out to his retreating figure, “Mark! She’s my child!”

Mark came to a halt.

Then he said quietly, “She is not! She’s Paul’s child, and she is quite unlike you.

Laura’s innocent gaze held no cunning plots within.

Children embodied purity, and Laura shouldn’t be swayed by Cathy.

Mark walked away decisively, leaving Cathy alone, her smile tinged with self-mockery.

She chuckled at her hopeful imagination.

Even a child could not keep Mark by her side.

Mark boarded his private jet, and his mood soured.

Peter was the kindest and most thoughtful of them all.

a glass of red wine, he passed it to Mark, seated beside him,

can’t blame

up so much trouble that her family

the people around her had

declining with a charming gesture,

wasn’t

was

into his world

sometimes make people

how to cheer Mark up and quickly responded, “That’s

you is deep, yet she doesn’t

Her career thrives.

She’s your ideal one.

him a

felt puzzled and asked, “Did I say something

and

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