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.

all know, don’t you?”

and something in their

in memory. “Sophie was in the hospital that

I once loved, so

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

Blake – his childhood

Callum and I got together, he’d assured me it was just teenage infatuation, swearing he’d never betray my trust. I believed everyone had a past – as long as they remained faithful

husband, who claimed to love only me, had chosen to comfort his ex

Callum glanced at

my little girl was okay. I couldn’t have lived

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what about Aria?”

hesitated before hugging Mila closer. “Of course

realized, wasn’t as

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

about Aria’s complications… did

fell deathly quiet.

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

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