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.

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

suspect her

for the paternity test, with the child gone, she’d deny

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thought her self–directed drama was foolproof–until it

Tony appeared, his face twisted with fury as he

fathom how a mother could be so

own flesh

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

“Hello?” Kaia answered.

in a trash bin. His mother left him

hitting her like

it. Make sure to give them the

in, his voice

the client I told you about

nodded, his expression unreadable.

now.”

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turned to Joanne, his voice as hard as steel. “Joanne, out of respect for Zane, I’ve treated you like family. But if you keep disrespecting my wife, don’t expect me to

apologize to Kaia. Once the truth

a blatant warning,

Joanne. “You’re an elder–how can you talk like that? No matter

accuse her daughter of lying, question her grandson’s birth, and still expect her to apologize? Her hands

it all made her

rather die than apologize!” she spat,

Lucien’s arm. “Let it go. If

care about Joanne’s grudging

all, reality would teach her a

minutes later,

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voice came through, steady but grave. “We’ve

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