d to st

r's words would not stop ringing in my head. I

aw Lucian turning away from me a

cian's assistant had

equired at the Dha

to go to the event,

he good wife shows up. So I dressed up

ing to the Gala as

car. Their cameras swung past me, settling instead on a woman in a red

f Lucian had accompanied me, it would

ht, casting the room in a warm glow. People laughed

d have felt beautiful, but

, walking up to me and kissing the a

woman chimed, though her eyes darted past

accompanying you?

stung like a

eting, I replied

, I had tol

y single glass of water, with the doctor's w

tissue. "Extr

twisted a

d? I had always imagined that the birth of a child would

alked by, wearing f

ht? one ask

I rep

though her eyes scanned my simple gown with disapp

eyes. "It must be hard dressing for t

n if they hadn't, what could I possibly s

uption of noise and excited screams swept

king of

murs an

though something ext

he noise there she

hat hugged her gorgeous body. Her honey-blonde hair flowed in so

enter the room

e stepped aside as she walked, creating a clear path for her as if she wer

ed to her in

Over

ning! Someone sh

last film!

, it's re

prettier in

's ex. But nothing prepared me for the real woman in front of me: she

t, radiant _ eve

rd her name, years ago. I remembered sitting in my b

ed carpet pictures, her acti

toward me, her lips curved

rmured with feigned

sharp blade. I felt like the walls wer

o, I said, s

e woman asked, stil

quickly walked away before the tears

ed against the cool wall and finally let the tea

I couldn't have a child. I couldn

de me feel like a

chest, hoping my hear

t the hallway entran

d. "She told the organizers she had

"A woman as gorgeous and successful

oached. They weren't aware

date someone power

lied, "Eva only dates the elite.

e's meeting her mystery man ton

me harder th

omeone important. Someon

he first time, a horrible

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ike thunder and suddenly, the h

wasn't just

s still part o