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?” he asked cryptically.

room fell silent, and something in

hospital that night. She called me crying,

once loved, so

my phone on silent when I was with her. That’s why I

– his childhood

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

to love only me, had chosen to comfort his ex while I was

stood paralyzed, watching as Callum glanced at

I couldn’t have lived with myself

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Aria?”

hesitated before hugging Mila closer.

that love, I now realized, wasn’t as

else spoke up: “Cal, didn’t Sophie say she’d take you back, even with a child, if

Aria’s complications… did you

room fell

who promised to love me forever – had ever wished, even briefly, for

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