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.

she could pin the blame on the “kidnappers,” claiming

suspect her

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

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drama was

twisted with fury as he scooped the child

couldn’t fathom how a mother

own flesh and

a bath, and fed him some formula. Then he dialed

“Hello?” Kaia answered.

kid in a trash bin. His mother left him there. What

the plot twist hitting her like a freight

the police and let them handle it. Make sure to give

leaned in, his

client I told you about

nodded, his expression unreadable. “Stay out of it

now.”

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as steel. “Joanne, out of respect for Zane, I’ve treated you like family.

one chance to apologize to Kaia. Once the truth comes out, it

words were a blatant warning, sharp and

elder–how can you

of lying, question her grandson’s

it all

than apologize!” she spat, her

tugged gently at Lucien’s arm. “Let it go. If she doesn’t want to apologize, so be

care about Joanne’s grudging

teach her

minutes later,

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steady but grave. “We’ve

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