Hayes

t. Hope Hospital looked more like a p

pale morning light. The nearly three-thousand-square-foot suite included a private recovery bedroom, a

niforms stood in a neat line at the

We are your dedicated maternal care team. A private nutritionist, an herbal specialist, and tw

ly felt real, a lightweight cashmere b

ury made my t

d skipped prenatal checkups to save eighty dollars on an ultrasound, walking three miles through the rain to a free clinic because Zack said we couldn't afford ano

care cost more than I used to spe

ed and the life my family could have given me was impossible to ignore. I had spent five years believing

my bed. He took a soft linen cloth and

rm. "It's over now. You won't have to endure tha

chest eased. "I'm not crying because I feel sorry for myself, R

ediatric nurses wheeled a pair of

wrapped in pale cream silk. Their tiny c

g jawlines. Looking at them brought every memory of those five years rushing back: the

belly. I loved my children. That had never changed. Yet seeing

n changed as he watched me, quietly pi

signal. They bowed and left through the adjoining h

f your children... is he the man who fi

hands, where years of working with jewelry

dded

ed. His hands slowly cl

he said coldly. "I'll have his company liquidated by noon, his pac

, R

the sharp pain across my stitche

d down at my pale han

. "His entire empire was built on what I created. I want to

seconds. Then his grip loosen

him to face what he did with his own eyes. Fine. Whatev

meant to have people who would stand beside m

own designs and my own ability to take back everything he stole. B

ake the decisions, and we'll handle the rest. Mom, Dad, Ethan, and Seth will be here soon.

around the blanket.

et laugh, though his expression remained serious. "Especially Ethan. Once our bi

nd Mia were still sleeping peacefully, th

my child

toward the glass, "you have

ed heavily on the "Eternal Heart" luxury collection, especially the high-jewelry pieces that required a heat-

ns he had stolen from me. Now, those same g