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Rebecca didn't flinch. She typed the number again.

And again.

And again.

Each time she hit call, her heart pounded harder, her chest tighter. Panic coiled through her like smoke, thick and choking, feeding on

itself.

She couldn't reach him.

Desperate, she grasped for anything-anyone.

Vivienne.

It was instinct. Irrational. But undeniable.

Rebecca had always worn her pride like armor. The poised, untouchable heiress- never the first to apologize, never the one to bow her head.

Even when she was wrong.

But tonight, without a second thought, she dialed the number of the friend she'd coldly cut off years ago-just for the chance to

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get in touch with him.

Vivienne was at a pizza shop when her phone buzzed.

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She glanced at the screen, eyebrows lifting in surprise. Rebecca?

She answered with a cool, neutral tone. "What's up, Rebecca?"

The truth was, they'd never truly been friends.

Their worlds, their values-too different.

Their friendship had been a formality, a product of family politics and shallow convenience.

When it ended, Vivienne hadn't missed her.

Rebecca's voice cracked. "Vivienne... do you have Alistair's number?"

Vivienne's spine straightened. A silent alarm went off in her mind. "No. I don't."

It was true.

Since the divorce, Alistair had vanished from their social circles. Quietly, completely.

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But Rebecca didn't buy it. "Please. I just... I need to talk to him. It's

important. It's about Danny."

hesitate to use her son as

slowly, rubbing her

known this moment would come-when regret finally caught up with

hadn't expected

if she did have Alistair's

beg? Pretend

She doubted it.

was, Rebecca had

partner.

been her subordinate. Someone

the perfect image she'd

he had a taste for self-destruction, there was

to that life-to her.

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don't have Alistair's number.

was

drowning in work-and the last thing she

Rebecca's relationship

weren't friends

She owed her nothing.

had zero interest in

didn't reply. The silence on the line

hollow.

Vivienne ended the call.

Her next hope? Eva.

into Alistair at the

They'd even chatted-casually, warmly.

drowning, Eva had often stepped in, offered

if she asked nicely, he

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number.

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I totally forgot to ask him! But hey, next time

ask!"

left

number-what then? What was she even going to

tended to act purely on instinct, without thinking too far

wanted to hear Alistair's voice. That was it. That want burned so hot in her chest she

unwilling to give up, she

still Alistair's biological father. Blood was blood. People said things they didn't mean when they were angry. Once the dust settled, they'd

also knew perfectly well-Liam had never been much of a father to begin

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Liam answered and

Whitfield."

had been

patience. He

had been up to all this time. But before

he heard her voice coming from the living room, sharp with

do you mean you don't have Alistair's

tried to reach

Richard froze in place.

what

not to him. She was going around asking

act earlier-sitting there crying her eyes out-was for

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