Chapter 1

Chapter 1

My evening gown was stained with spilled wine an unsightly mark that made it inappropriate for hosting. I decided to change before returning to our guests.

As I passed one of the guest rooms, a familiar voice caught my attention.

“Cal, level with me- did you really miss that emergency call the night Mila was born?”

At the mention of my daughter, I froze. Through the gap in the door, I could see Callum reclined on the sofa, slightly buzzed from the party. Mila sat beside him, while several of his friends were scattered

around the room.

After a pause, he simply said, “I didn’t hear it.”

I remembered that night. Callum’s work had always been demanding, and there were times when he’d miss calls during important meetings. I couldn’t understand why his friend was pressing this point.

I was about to leave when I noticed Callum suddenly sit up straight, his eyes sharpening with clarity.

you?” he asked cryptically.

something in their exchanged glances made

in memory. “Sophie was in the hospital that night. She called me crying, begging me to stay with

was… someone I once

always been a light sleeper, and I kept my phone on silent when I

– his childhood sweetheart.

and I got together, he’d assured me it was just teenage infatuation, swearing he’d never betray my trust. I believed

love only me, had chosen to comfort his

as Callum glanced at Mila with pained affection.

okay. I couldn’t have lived with

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what about Aria?” one friend asked.

hugging Mila closer.

realized, wasn’t

back, even with a child, if Aria

Aria’s complications… did you ever hope, even for

room fell deathly

man who promised to love me forever – had ever wished, even briefly, for my death to clear the path for his first

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