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.

don’t you?” he

fell silent, and something in

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

was… someone I once loved, so I

light sleeper, and I kept my phone on silent when I was with

his childhood

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

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

as Callum glanced

okay. I

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what about Aria?” one friend asked.

hesitated before hugging Mila closer. “Of course I love

wasn’t as pure as

“Cal, didn’t Sophie say she’d take you back, even with

learned about Aria’s complications… did you

room fell deathly

waiting to hear if my husband – the man who promised to love me forever

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