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nausea hit my stomach. My entire body trembled a

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he world...why did

husband, and the most powerful and

ars. I staggered back a

pered, my voice

saying it's

r, then back to me. "Apparently, yes," he

register at first, they hung in th

belief flooding my veins. "How coul

s a mistake," he muttered, his voice shaking. "I recognized you immediatel

hed like I was ready to strangle him on the spot. He jerke

curling into a fist before fol

breath and turned

now?" I asked, my eyes locked i

he turned towards the do

rd, he gestured to

d there staring at him, unsure of w

me to walk away, but

ng my arms, my palms growing

e going t

ng to bla

me m

get rid o

t aborting it. I don't care

leek black Bentley parked at

taring at each other, neither of us kno

my throat felt tight and dry. Kian's eyes

r should I start the conve

arted slightly to s

his voice coming out s

g. I hadn't expected an apo

ryo by mistake. I only found out after I brought you in...when

y throat dry. "Oka

o my eyes. "Maybe this

together. "Wha

fogging briefl

for a long time t

s name, a bitter tas

t understand,

en jealous of me," he began slowly, his jaw clenched. For a moment, his ruthless au

im a lot. I protected him, and gave him things before he even asked. But it

g up to mine briefly be

voice dropped. "We've been dating for good 3 years, and I love

lent, afrai

dating Ryan," his eyes glinted with pain. "She never loved me, she only wanted to

pen. "Ryan... d

with him. He humiliated me in front of the world. My name was dra

d, my palms sweating, de

oned Patricia a month later. He said he only married her to hurt me

mouth. I felt my st

ind of monster

e that kind of betrayal

he also hurt me too. Just because of his stupi

nd controlled. "He's hurt me in ways you can'

ght. "You mea

d to have a child with my girlfriend to show him I could have everything he

l ruin her body figure, so I ended our relationship and turne

n my stomach. "So...what do yo

s," he said quietly. "But also know that if Ryan finds out abou

d. "What are you

re's a way to protect you and

es widened, disbelief w

hest, my mind struggling t

stammered, blinking my eyes

being serio

there staring at me, calm and compose

yan div

now

er to be loved?

ready pregnant with your child by accident, and now you want me to enter a

"Aria," he said gent

in a shak

ct me to calm do

oth know Ryan's biggest insecurity is his infertility. If he finds out you're carryi

You don't owe him anything. Let him see what it feels like to lose everything-watching the brother

s, I stared at him, wo

med that this is madness, but another part of me-

of right,

ex-broth

ie, and hurt me in ways I can't forget. Ryan d

...a fake

. "I'll think about it

s, Ryan will come for you aga

***

n's

why, but I ca

back and forth the whole day. My jaw aches from clenching, and my fing

is he? Why hasn

again, for the umpteen

all, just that smug wa

sed, dragging a frustrat

m to secretly follow her so he could find out who the father of

till, no response. My patience s

stration, my foot tapping r

this long. Why h

throw it across the roo

Ja

ed a beat. I s

d the phon

al

low and cautious. "I found out

my heart poundin

I dem

pause on the other

avier, your

ed, my eyes widen

" I aske

heard me right,

...he offered her a

nto my bones as the w

ract m

aggered back, barely catching

's not p

her is trying to sna

t s

bas

ed everything from m

hing it shatter into pieces, my chest burning with rage

I don't care what it takes

to se