Chapter: Chapter 4ROSEFor a moment, I can't move. Because the boy on the couch is very small and fragile-looking. He's not even a teenager, and for some reason, my mind can't seem to comprehend what my eyes are seeing.This boy has been texting me for weeks, but I have been ignoring him, assuming that the words came from a grown man with a sharp mind and a touch of arrogance.But here he is: skinny arms, scraped knuckles, and eyes that hold far too much innocence.Then Dante's words click in my head; the boy who was murdered was Jordan's twin. And Jordan himself once told me his brother died at ten, two years ago. Which would make Jordan twelve now.And suddenly, guilt crashes over me as if someone drenched me in ice-cold water in the middle of winter. I feel guilty for every time I left his messages unanswered, for every moment I brushed him off because I felt I was too busy.Also, the second he sees me, he lights up like I just stepped out of his favorite movie. "Detective Rose!"Before I can react,
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Chapter: Chapter 3ROSEThe restaurant is too warm, too crowded, and too full of people who can't keep their mouths shut.I sit in my corner booth with my coat draped over the seat, and the cappuccino I had ordered immediately upon entering had already gotten cold.The smell of grilled salmon and roasted garlic comes from the kitchen, but it's drowned out by the buzzing voices around me. And all of them seem to be focused on one thing: my scandal."She cheated on a man like Killian? What was she thinking?" a woman from the opposite table gossips."Well, I heard that he is now with her twin sister. It serves her right." Her friend replies, not bothering to lower her voice."Well, he's rich and also very handsome… men like that don't stay single for long."As they continue gossiping, I clench my jaw so hard my teeth begin to ache. If I open my mouth, I'll rip into all of them.And God knows Killian had already succeeded in tainting my image, so I should be looking for ways to clear it—not damage it more.
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Chapter: Chapter 2ROSEA few seconds later, I get up and decide to go check on my daughter, who's receiving treatment in the same hospital."Mummy," she screams excitedly as soon as I enter her ward. Her brownish doll eyes light up the whole place."Arabella…" I smile as I go in for a hug. I'm so excited to see my baby girl awake and full of life after months of treatment.But that happiness is short-lived as soon as I take a seat beside her bed and she asks, "Where's daddy? He always comes around on the weekend. I've been waiting for him."How am I supposed to answer her? How am I supposed to tell her that the man she calls father is a heartless fraudster?I so badly want to tell her that he isn't her biological father, but how can I crush her joy that way? Even though she has been in treatment for the past few months, she always goes out on the weekends with him."He's busy with work, darling. But he'll be here soon," I make up an excuse, even though I know Killian isn't going to come. He's now entan
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Chapter: Chapter 1ROSE"You… you are pregnant." Of everything I expected to hear after waking up in the hospital bed, that was the least expected.Without showing any reaction, my eyes lingers on the paper the doctor had just given me. The result confirming my pregnancy.How did I feel about it? I don't know. Maybe if this were before now, I'd probably be over the moon, eager to share the news with my beloved husband. It's been three years now, after all, since we've been trying for a child. But right now, it doesn't matter anymore. I didn't even come to the hospital for this.My eyes are still scanning the papers when the doctor adds, "We already told your husband about it, but… he wanted us to terminate it. He said he already filed for divorce, so there's no use keeping it."I feel my chest squeeze painfully, but a managed a reply anyway. "Killian came here?" I asked. I honestly can't even remember how I got here since I passed out."Yes, he's the one who brought you."A bitter scoff escapes me. Co
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