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.

  • fell silent, and something in their exchanged

  • grew distant, lost in memory. “Sophie was in the hospital that night. She called me crying, begging me

  • was… someone I once loved, so I went.”

  • my phone on silent when I was with her.

  • – his childhood

  • swearing he’d never betray my trust. I believed

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

  • pregnant.

  • Callum glanced at Mila with pained affection.

  • my little girl was okay. I couldn’t have lived with

  • Aria?”

  • hesitated before hugging Mila closer.

  • love, I now realized, wasn’t

  • she’d take you back, even with

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

  • moment…?”

  • fell deathly quiet.

  • – the man who promised to love me forever – had ever wished, even briefly, for my death to

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

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