Chapter 0305

My heart beats wildly as I listen to them.

Do you think he told her the truth?

and over again, like a broken da mn

That single sentence keeps playing in my mind record. I feel paralyzed as I wait for Rowan to reply.

entire body

I hold Iris tightly in my arms because I could feel not only my hands but my shaking. I try to breathe in and then out, but the air gets stuck in my wind pipes.

I lean against the wall, just to keep myself standing upright. I was weak in the knees, and the last thing I wanted was to collapse to the ground while holding my daughter.

Thankfully, Iris had fallen asleep; otherwise, I would have been caught.

“I honestly don’t know,” Rowan murmurs, his voice strained.

Remember when I said that my heart was beating wildly? Yeah, now it’s a hundred times

worse.

“She’s suspicious of you, meaning someone mentioned something to her. Given that Ethan doesn’t like you, then it’s probably him.”

They were quiet for a moment. My ears are ringing, and the only sound I hear is the beating of my heart. It was so loud in my ears that I was afraid they would hear it and know that I hadn’t left.

only have two options: either you tell her the truth or go on pretending like nothing’s

hard to listen to. To know that

waiting patiently for his answer when I got this sense of deja

like this

like this had happened only it wasn’t Gabe and Rowan I was listening to. It

this exact position, leaning against this exact wall, only instead of holding Iris, I clutched some documents close to

“Don’t you love her?”

his throat.

you love mommy or not?” Noah asks

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sigh in defeat. “I love her for

the pain that rips through me. The pain that I felt when he said that. My breaths come in and out hard as I try to breathe through

from before or after we chose to go

remember more; I’m successful, but it isn’t what I was

rude to listen

look of hate and disdain filtered

what the hell

Me eyes as he

in

in my

and knowing that his every word, action, and look was like a stab to my heart almost brings me to my

breaks through the fog, bringing me back to the present and cutting

Gabe rush out. They silently looked

okay?” Rowan asks

goes to touch me, but I step away from him. Hurt flashes in his eyes, but I don’t really care right now. Not when the pain I felt is still fresh in my mind.

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