Chapter 1

As the shadows lengthened within the corridors of Harborview Hospital in Janctera City, the air in a particular room carried the antiseptic tang of cleanliness.

Sean Hamilton lay in his hospital bed, weakened by the steady drip of an IV. He turned his gaze to Nadine Scott, his mother, and whispered, “Mommy, I miss Daddy.”

Fever had flushed Sean’s cheeks, and his lips were pale and cracked.

Nadine responded with a gentle smile, her fingers tenderly caressing his forehead. “Sean, darling. Daddy is busy with work right now. But Mommy is here with you, okay?”

Nadine then moistened a cotton swab in warm water and delicately dabbed at Sean’s chapped lips.

But Sean’s insistence grew stronger. He shook his head, saying, “No! I want Daddy, I miss him. Mommy, can you please call Daddy and ask him to come?”

Tears welled in his eyes as he pleaded, and Nadine felt her resolve waver. Her heart wrenched knowing that tears would follow if she refused.

Nadine and Brad Hamilton had been married for five years, and for those five years, Brad had harbored nothing but hatred for her. His animosity even extended to Sean.

Even if she called, Brad wouldn’t come, and his absence would only deepen Sean’s disappointment.

But… Nadine couldn’t bring herself to deny Sean’s plea seeing his desperate eyes. Swallowing her own bitterness, she nodded. “Mommy will try, okay?”

Knowing full well Brad wouldn’t answer, Nadine still decided to try anyway. She couldn’t bear Sean’s hopeful gaze. Even if it meant humiliation, she wanted to fulfill his wish.

Sean’s eyes brightened as he watched her eagerly. Nadine steadied herself and mustered the courage to dial the number that she had memorized deep in her heart.

Even as she dialed Brad’s number, Nadine harbored no illusions about the outcome.

persistently until it was unexpectedly

you know Brad is with me now? Why are you calling him?

she recognized Jean Sawyer, Brad’s first love.

Hamilton had married her to Brad as repayment for her favor toward the Hamilton family. But Brad never loved her. Even at their most intimate moments in bed, he called

the pain of hearing Jean’s voice, Nadine ended the

to Sean, she found him eagerly waiting for Brad’s

for words. She didn’t know how she should answer Sean. Should she shatter his innocence by telling him the truth that Daddy

she still couldn’t find a suitable excuse to

still feverish and weak, frowned when she didn’t answer him.

desperately wanted Brad by his

filled her mouth. However, she still

end, she offered a flimsy excuse, “Sweetie, Daddy’s busy, he might not

remove his fever patch. “Mommy, I miss Daddy.

a wave of sadness washing over her. If she had known it would come to this, she would never have married Brad,

was no cure for regret in this

and didn’t try to remove the fever patch

her with wide, hopeful eyes. His understanding and maturity

her teeth to hold back her tears as she made another attempt to call Brad. She put it on speaker, praying

unanswered, Sean would eventually give up

have thought—the call connected on

cold voice was distant and indifferent.

silence, Brad’s impatience grew. “Say

for words.

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