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.

You, Grandma, and Talia go ahead with your dinner.

as

this dinner for so,

held a trace of

we have plenty more

and Grandma to pick out whatever gifts they

Plenty more?

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

was so light it nearly

"Alright. You go ahead."

her fingers. Whether she

go, he was always

away.

did

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

tangled in Grace's long hair as she slipped off

"5..."

wedding vow, "I will love you

"4..."

newborn daughter's sweet smile and

"3..."

to twist in her mind-indifference, disdain-because his love now

"2..."

heard her grandmother's pained gasps and Talia's

"1..."

Talia were smiling, waving at her from

"Happy New Year."

clutched the drawing tightly, a bittersweet smile on her lips, and

the hospital, Antonio felt a sudden, piercing pain in

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chest.

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dropped to his knees as if a

"Antonio, what's wrong?"

clutched his sleeve, her

tears.

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