Chapter 25

Alexander POV

I found Bianca at her usual spot, surrounded by her team in the sleek conference room of her design studio. The atmosphere was calm, filled with muted chatter and the rustling of fabric swatches. But I had no time for the niceties. My blood was still boiling from what I had learned. Christiana’s words replayed in my mind, and the image of my kids, frightened and confused,

was more than I could take.

1 didn’t bother knocking as I entered, my presence demanding immediate attention. Bianca glanced up, her expression shifting from surprise to a coy smile, probably assuming I was there for a casual visit. How wrong she was.

“Alex! You’re ” she started, but I cut her off, my voice low and controlled, but laced with undeniable anger.

“We need to talk. Now

The sharpness in my tone made her team members quickly shuffle out of the room, leaving us alone. As the door clicked shut, I let the silence stretch, watching her smile falter.

“Why?” I asked, stepping closer, my eyes fixed on hers. “Why would you do that?”

She blinked, feigning ignorance as she adjusted the collar of her silk blouse. “Do what? What are you talking about?”

frustration leaking through. “You confronted Christiana my ex–wife–and

to pool. “You never told me, Alex! You never said your ex–wife was back in town, let alone that she had twins for you. “You never said she had twins for you,” Bianca continued, her voice rising as tears welled in her eyes. “Do you know how humiliating

the emotional drama that I’d seen her use before. But this time, it

I told you or didn’t tell you. Bianca. It’s about you crossing a line. You confronted Christiana and

yours until I saw them up close! All I did was ask her

children? The woman I spent years of my life

face twisted in frustration as she shook her head. “Why are you defending her so much? What is this, Alex? I’ve been here for you, and now she shows up, and suddenly I’m

the divorce, she was always there, like an echo in the back of my mind. I’d convinced myself that moving on with Bianca was the right thing to do, but standing here now, seeing Bianca’s tears and hearing her accusations,

“Bianca, you’re partly right. I should have told you about Christiana being back. And maybe I didn’t. because even after

to something more vulnerable. “You’re only being this harsh because of her. You’re still in

and that silence said

“I was trying, Alex. I was trying to

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Chapter 25

and as much as I wanted to argue, I couldn’t. She was right. I had never fully given myself to her. I had been running from the guilt, the loneliness after my divorce, and I had

but I can’t deny what’s real. I care about

looked away, wiping at her tears, her expression was of defeat and sorrow. “So, that’s

them–over me?”

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