Seven Years of Love Seven Minutes of Truth

Chapter 10

Atlas had never imagined that the woman he once saw as pure and kind–his first love–could be capable of something so cruel.

That she would dare to hurt his wife and be responsible for the death of his child.

His entire world tilted as he stared at Ivy, his gaze dark and unreadable. For the first time, he looked at her not as someone he had once adored, but as a stranger.

Ivy’s composure cracked, and panic took its place. Large, glistening tears streamed down her face, her breaths ragged with desperation.

The hot droplets landed on Atlas’s ice–cold hands, but he didn’t move.

“This isn’t real,” she choked out, shaking her head violently. “I didn’t do this. Those videos are fake–they’ve been edited! It’s Celeste! She set me up because she’s jealous of how much you love me! She’s trying to turn you against

me-“.

“Enough.” The word came out like a growl, low and lethal. Atlas’s patience snapped, his anger no longer restrained.

His temples throbbed, veins prominent against his skin, his fury barely contained.

“You’re still lying?” His voice was deadly quiet, yet it carried enough weight to silence the room. “Even now, you’re trying to blame Celeste?”

His chest rose and fell with barely contained rage.

“She’s not that kind of person, Ivy.” His voice trembled with fury. “And you-” He let out a short, bitter laugh. “You’ve

more than I ever

slightly, stunned. For the first time, he wasn’t

still clung to her lashes, but a slow, twisted smirk curled on her

asked, her tone no longer desperate but mocking. She let out

me,” she spat, “but look at you. The moment Celeste is involved, you turn on me without hesitation. You don’t love me–you never have.”

cold realization seeped into her expression.

love her,” she whispered. “You’ve always

unevenly, as if his own body was rejecting the truth being spoken aloud.

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forgive you?” Ivy taunted, her

closer, eyes gleaming

she continued, her words cutting into him like knives.

did to her father and she knows you made sure

pregnant.”

ran through his fingers.

every moment you spent with me, every time you prioritized me over her.” Ivy’s eyes darkened with satisfaction as she took in the flicker of devastation that

really think she’ll come back to you?” Atlas’s

the way she had looked at him that last night. The quiet, eerie calm in her eyes. The way she had signed

cruel and sweet all at once. “It’s too late. She’s never