Chapter 7

Chapter 7

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Grace stared at the red heart Talia had drawn on the calendar.

Her girl had been full of excitement, saying today they'd see Grandma and Daddy, carefully marking the day with a heart.

A servant arrived with news from Antonio.

"Sir says tonight's dinner will be at Nocturne. He wants you to take Miss Talia and Kate there, he'll meet you there."

Grace nodded slightly, a faint hint of color returning to her pale face.

She ran her fingers over the half-finished drawing pressed to her chest, feeling a strange lightness as if she were on the brink of release.

The privacy at Nocturne was impeccable. Grace sat alone in the pre-arranged hall.

The distant sea view and the city lights intertwined, creating a breathtaking scene.

She waited for a long time, but Antonio still didn't come.

With just ten minutes until midnight, Grace checked her phone-still nothing. Until...

A trending headline caught her attention.

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"Mr. Kaufman's New Love: Rising Artist Yesenia Is Pregnant."

The word "pregnant" pierced Grace's heart like a dagger.

She let out a bitter laugh and called Antonio.

His voice came through, slightly rushed.

up here. You, Grandma, and Talia go ahead with your dinner. I'll make

was as

waiting for this dinner for

unusually, held a trace of

we have plenty more family dinners ahead

Grandma to pick out whatever gifts they want. I'll bring them

Plenty more?

looked at Talia and Grandma, then at the empty table before her,

so light it nearly

"Alright. You go ahead."

her fingers.

he was

away.

did Grace

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pushed open the floor-to-ceiling windows. In the distance, the lighthouse began the New

long hair as she slipped

"5..."

"I will love

"4..."

saw her newborn daughter's sweet smile and Grandma's

"3..."

her mind-indifference, disdain-because his love now belonged

"2..."

her grandmother's pained gasps

"1..."

were smiling, waving at her

"Happy New Year."

drawing tightly, a bittersweet smile on her

hospital, Antonio felt a sudden,

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his knees as if a gaping void

"Antonio, what's wrong?"

his sleeve, her

tears.

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