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.

know, don’t you?” he asked

fell silent, and something in

lost in memory. “Sophie was in the hospital that night. She called me crying,

I once loved, so

and I kept my phone on silent when I was with her. That’s why I missed Aria’s

– his childhood

he’d assured me it was just teenage infatuation, swearing he’d never betray my trust. I believed everyone had a past

to love only me, had chosen to comfort his

Callum glanced at Mila with pained affection.

girl was okay. I couldn’t

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Aria?”

before hugging Mila closer. “Of course I love

love, I now realized, wasn’t as pure as I’d

she’d take you back, even with a child, if Aria

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

room fell deathly quiet.

the man who promised to love me forever

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