Chapter 7

Atlas cut her off, his voice razor–sharp.

The storm in his eyes was suffocating, like a force ready to consume everything in its path.

The young nurse faltered, swallowing hard before stammering, “M–Mr. Whitmore, you… you didn’t know?”

Her hesitation only made his patience snap further.

She took a shaky breath before forcing the words out. “Mrs. Whitmore… she was pregnant. Six weeks.”

Silence.

Atlas’s grip on the divorce papers tightened as his entire body locked up.

“She was pregnant,” the nurse continued, her voice trembling, “but she–she fell down the stairs. We don’t know exactly what happened, but… she lost the baby.”

A shudder ran through him. Something cracked deep within his chest, something raw and brutal.

Celeste had been carrying his child. And now, that life was gone.

His fingers trembled as he looked down at the papers in his hand. For the first time in his life, Atlas felt fear—real,

gut–wrenching, paralyzing fear.

His pulse pounded in his ears.

She had wanted this child. For five years, she had wanted a child with him.

And now-

pain twisting through

conceived before. The guilt came in waves,

ached, breath hitching painfully as his own words from that night echoed back

don’t you think you owe me an apology for what happened back then?“*

known? Had she already known when she

night and seen him

voice hoarse when he finally spoke. “Find out everywhere

weeks.”

“And find out how she

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investigation moved

the reports. “Mr. Whitmore, the hospital’s hallway security footage was

Atlas’s fingers twitched.

every patient and staff member who was on that floor at the time. We’ll

words, his attention already locked onto

surveillance video from the KTV

twisted violently as

a private room, gripping the doorframe so tightly her knuckles

whole body was shaking.”

dilated, her eyes unfocused, dazed, as if

Atlas’s breath hitched.

room-“his” private lounge–when he had spoken

everything.

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