Chapter 264 A Shocking Betrayal

Lucien’s words landed like a sledgehammer, shattering the fragile composure of Zane, Joanne, and Alden.

Alden shook his head violently, his face a mask of stunned disbelief. “No way. Are you saying I’m not Nic’s father?”

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His voice cracked, barely a whisper as he repeated. “I’m not his father?” The words trembled with a raw, wounded edge.

“You’re telling me… I’ve been betrayed?” Alden’s voice broke, a mix of hurt and incredulity.

Joanne lost all control, her voice rising to a near–hysterical screech. “That’s impossible! Absolutely impossible! Lucien, I know you worship the ground your wife walks on, but how dare you make up lies just to protect her?

“How can you live with yourself, slandering your own family like this?”

Lucien shot her a withering glance, a sardonic smirk on his lips. “I can live just fine, Joanne. I’m not the one who betrayed Alden.”

Kaia stood silently by his side. She hadn’t expected Lucien to be so brutally sharp–tongued.

Now, staying quiet was her best move. She’d said nothing, and

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they’d already been trying to pin the blame on her.

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And if she ever opened her mouth, Joanne would latch on like a rabid dog and never let go.

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Luna, meanwhile, was holed up in a dingy, remote warehouse. She’d ditched her phone long ago, terrified the police might track her down.

To pull off this elaborate charade, she’d hired someone to stage her kidnapping, and that accomplice was already halfway across the globe.

Luna had made up her mind: though she was Nicholas‘ mother, she couldn’t let Alden discover the child wasn’t his.

Her only option was to get rid of the baby.

She stuffed Nicholas into a trash bin, then walked away without a backward glance.

ever know. Later, she could pin the blame on the “kidnappers,” claiming they’d

her

the child gone, she’d deny everything and blame the whole mess

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her self–directed drama was

his face twisted with fury as he scooped the child out of the

couldn’t fathom how a mother

own flesh

gave the baby a bath, and fed him some formula. Then he

“Hello?” Kaia answered.

His mother left him

hitting

sure to

his voice

client I told

unreadable. “Stay out of

now.”

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treated

apologize to Kaia. Once the truth comes out, it won’t be so easy to

were a blatant

already believing what Lucien had said, frowned at Joanne. “You’re an elder–how can you talk like that? No matter what, Kaia wouldn’t be behind

the nerve to accuse her daughter of lying, question her

all made her

die than apologize!” she spat, her voice trembling with

gently at Lucien’s arm. “Let it go. If she doesn’t want to

care about Joanne’s

reality would teach her a lesson soon

minutes later, the phone

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steady but grave. “We’ve found your

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