them, to smash the container of Chloe' s condescending soup against the wall. But the rage was cold, not hot. It settled deep in her bones, a core

thes, and walked into the living room. She put a ser

visit," Ava said, her voice ca

had the guilty expressions of children

ckly getting to her feet. "I just wanted

ing Chloe to the door. "Than

ropped from Ava' s face. She turned to Liam,

ary?" she asked,

ut? She was just being nic

Instead, she walked over to the bassinet, where Leo was st

for a while. I need t

to being handed his own chil

her tone leaving no room for argument. She walked ou

found the number for Chef Antoine Dubois, her old mentor from the culinary academy. He

swered on the second ring. "I thought y

renaline cutting through her exhaustion. "I

t had a baby, didn' t you? A

re sure of anything i

fection. The doctor prescribed a strong antibiotic but warned it

ding over her bed. "Breast milk is bes

eak but firm. "My health matters, too. If I get sicker, I

months when she had trouble. She said it' s

I don' t care what Chloe said or did," Ava snapped, sitting

d a fight like this. She had always deferred to him, always

"Do what you want." He turned a

, Ava was looking through her old culinary textbooks when

th Chef Dubo

ran cold. "Y

have a newborn and you' ve chosen to focus on your family," Liam said, his voice dripping with false

d with her; he had gone behind her back and actively s

her voice trembling with a rag

Ava. I' m protecting

her feet. "You' re afraid of what will happen if I have

grabbed her phone and walked past him

er my husband told you. I' ll be there tomorrow m

of shock and fury. For the first time in their life together