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?”

me, Blanca,” I snapped, my frustration leaking through. “You confronted Christiana my ex–wife–and my kids.

“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 it was to find out like that? To see her with two kids that look just like you and realize you kept that from me? You think I’m the bad guy here, but you’re the one who’s been hiding things

drama that I’d seen her use before. But this time, it grated on me. I couldn’t believe she was trying to twist this around

trying to contain the anger simmering beneath the surface. “This isn’t about what I told you or didn’t tell you. Bianca. It’s about

yours until I saw them up close! All I did was ask her a few questions, and she blew it

woman?” I repeated, my voice dropping to a dangerously low tone. “You mean the mother of my children? The woman I spent years of my life with? You think you can just

face twisted in frustration as she shook her head. “Why are you defending her so much? What is this, Alex? I’ve

part of me that had always held on to Christiana. Even after the divorce, she was always there, like an echo in the back of

even after all these years, she’s still

because of her. You’re still in love with her, aren’t you?” Her

immediately, and that silence

hitching as she tried to pull herself together. “I was trying, Alex. I was trying to be what you needed, but you’ve always been distant. And

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Chapter 25

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

could move on, but I can’t deny what’s real. I care about

expression was of defeat and

them–over me?”

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