Chapter 74

“Who’s the father of your kid’s, Hazel?” Ethan asked softl

Hazel was visibly take aback.

His question lingered in the air.

Hazel felt a surge of emotions, a mixture of surprise, anxiety, and a flicker of something deeper that she struggled to name.

The father of my kids,” Hazel echoed slowly, the weight of the unanticipated question settling in the air. The idea of Ethan finding his way back into their lives hadn’t crossed her mind. She certainly hadn’t imagined having to address this question from him one day. “Hazel?” He called snapping her out of her trail of thoughts. She met the searching look in his eyes, he was waiting intently for an answer.

The father of my kids, he’s staring at me right now. You’re the father, Ethan. But the words. remained locked within her. She couldn’t bring herself to say it.

“Why are you so curious about him, Ethan?” she finally responded in a low tone, her voice carrying a touch of defensiveness.

Taking a deep sigh, he continued, “It sounded like you were alone, you and your kids. Like they were all you have. Also, I’ve never heard the kids mention a dad.”

A heavy silence enveloped them, as if the room held its breath, witnessing the unearthing of long–buried questions.

“The man at the airport, he isn’t their father, I know that,” Ethan stated firmly, his unwavering.

gaze

“What man?” Hazel asked, her expression partly confused, a tinge of surprise coloring her features.

“That day I met you at the airport,” he responded, prompting Hazel to revisit a particular memory. “The man you were with. Nathan.” He jogged her memory with a touch of hesitancy.

You investigated me?!” Hazel’s voice raised a notch, a mix of shock and indignation coloring

her words

“Hazel.” Ethan muttered, his tone tinged with guilt. The admission hung in the air, acknowledging that he had indeed delved into her life.

The man Hazel met upon her return to the country wasn’t her husband, nor did he to be the father of her kids. So who was?

appear

behind me, poking around my life?!” Hazel’s words, fueled by a combination of frustration and a fierce protectiveness over her family, reverberated through the charged atmosphere. That was why she had felt watched the first few days upon retuning to the city. She could feel someone watching her and her kids. That

had no idea but Ethan had done even

sorry. I needed to be sure. I shouldn’t have Hazel. I’m really sorry, Ethan admitted, his apology

of Ethan’s admission

it wasn’t a guarded. secret. However, Ethan’s intrusion into her life

right to look into me and my kids, she retorted. her words drawing a clear line. She was grateful to him and all, but that was one

country suddenly, years after being hidden. I couldn’t help but be curious. I initially thought the man with you was your husband and your kids father, but then I

is he? where

of our lives,” she stated, a declaration that resonated with both finality

know you were pregnant Ethan inquired, his silent

He didn’t know, and you still don’t know, she mumbled inwardly, a silent admission echoing

revealing a layer of pain and acceptance, Yet, within the

widened in genuine

softly.his tone sympathetic. The realization settling in. Hazel had indeed

jerk he is!” Ethan stated angrily, his frustration finding a voice. “He’s married,” she revealed further, the admission hanging in the

married, Ethan,her

“Married?” Ethan questioned quietly

mom and their dad as well,”

I been alone? Yes. I’ve been

she clarified; “I don’t need sympathy. They’re the greatest things I’ve ever had,” she asserted, a smile gracing her l*ps even as

“Before

never had anyone or anything to

husband rejected and didn’t want her. But she had her own kids

And if I’ll be honest, I’m grateful their dad’s not in the picture. Yes, I’m selfish,” she

know,” she finished, the weight of her journey carried in

Hazel, all on your own,” Ethan reassured her, his words

out on, Hazel. Your kids are lovely,”

threatened to betray the emotional depth of the conversation. Ethan’s praise, her lies became overwhelming threatening to break her

much research anyway; it wasn’t

was a secret, but you have no right to look into me and my kids,” she retorted, her words drawing a clear line. She was grateful to him and all, but that was one thing she wasn’t

be curious. I initially thought the man with you was your husband and your kids‘ father, but then I found out he isn’t. It didn’t matter, but when you mentioned being alone, I couldn’t help but wonder. That’s

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