The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 75

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  • 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.

  • “You all know, don’t you?” he asked cryptically.

  • room fell silent, and something in their exchanged

  • voice grew distant, lost in memory. “Sophie was in the hospital that night. She

  • was… someone I once

  • been a light sleeper, and I kept my phone on silent when I was with her. That’s why I missed Aria’s

  • Blake – his

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

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

  • pregnant.

  • stood paralyzed, watching as Callum glanced at Mila with pained

  • God my little girl was okay. I

  • Aria?” one friend asked.

  • before hugging Mila closer.

  • wasn’t as pure as

  • take you back, even with a child, if

  • night, when you learned about Aria’s complications… did you

  • moment…?”

  • fell

  • forever – had ever wished, even briefly, for my death to clear the

  • covered Mila’s ears before answering: “Yes… I did. But Aria

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