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A Whole New World CHAPTER SEVENTY ONE
ESSENCE I was still stuck in my thoughts, eyes locked on the space where Brittany and Lucian had stood a few moments ago, when I felt a tap on my arm. "Essence?" Lucian's voice was gentle, but there was a question in his tone, a worry I wasn’t ready to answer. I flinched and turned to him. His brows knit together as he placed the back of his hand on my forehead. "Are you okay? You look pale." "Why did this boy call you Daddy?" I asked, my voice low, almost unsure it even belonged to me. Lucian’s jaw tensed slightly. He turned his eyes briefly to the little boy still staring up at him with pure joy and then back to me. "I’ll tell you later," he said quickly, his voice firm but not unkind. Later? What was I supposed to do with later? I forced a smile so fake it could’ve won an Oscar. Then he gestured toward Brittany. "Essence, this is Brittany—she’s a family friend. Brittany, this is my beloved wife, Essence." Beloved wife. The moment the words left his lips, I saw B
A Whole New World CHAPTER SEVENTY
ESSENCE The night I got Asher's call, for a brief moment, I felt my world shatter. "Mom... I'm sorry. I miss you. I love you." God, I had wanted to hear those words for so long. Longer than I dared to admit. And when I finally did, something cracked inside me. I broke down. I wept until I could barely breathe, while Lucian pulled me close and whispered soft words into my hair. He didn’t try to stop my tears. He just held me like he knew they had been waiting to fall for too long. Somehow, hearing Asher's voice again made everything he had done seem... small. Faded. As though the pain had dulled beneath the sound of his apology. I hated that it felt that way. I hated that I could so easily forget the hurt. But love does that, doesn’t it? It makes fools of us. Lucian had suggested we go to the beach. Said the water would help clear my head. I hadn’t agreed out loud. I’d only nodded, my heart still too knotted to find words. And a deep part of me.... desperately eager to go to Ash
A Whole New World CHAPTER SIXTY NINE
LUCIAN I sat behind the wheel, hands gripping the steering like I was bracing for impact. My eyes kept drifting to the house in front of me, but my thoughts were far from still. Something about this felt wrong. This whole thing. The call. The way Essence had broken down after hearing Asher’s voice. It didn’t sit right with me. My gut told me it was a trap, carefully laid, probably by Alex. But how could I stop her? How could I look into her tear-filled eyes and say, “Don’t go see your son?” I closed my eyes, my mind dragging me back to the moment after Essence had received the call. She had sat on the edge of the bed, clutching her phone, her body trembling like a leaf in a storm. Then she looked at me, eyes wide, lips shaking, and asked, “Am I a terrible human, Lucian?” My heart cracked in that moment. “I must be a terrible mother, right? No matter what, Asher is a child. I was so angry at him that I didn’t go to see him at the hospital. I’m a very terrible person, righ
A Whole New World CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT
ALEX The knock came while I was pacing like a lunatic in the living room. My chest tightened. I practically ran to the door, yanked it open... And there she was. Essence. She stood there, panic flickering in her eyes, but damn… she looked more beautiful than I remembered. Her skin glowed like warm honey under the porch light. That simple purple dress hugged her curves like it was custom-made for her body. I had to physically clench my fists to stop myself from reaching out and pulling her into my arms. For a second, I forgot why she had left. For a second, I forgot everything except the fact that she was here. Breathing the same air as me again. It felt like someone had hit rewind and taken me back to the very first day I met her. What the hell went wrong? How did I ever let this woman slip through my fingers? "Are you going to stand there gawking or move out of the way?" she asked, her voice cutting clean through my daze. I blinked fast, scrambled back. "I’m sorry,"
A Whole New World CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN
ESSENCE I closed my eyes the moment Lucian's hands returned to my skin. I’d like to say I was relaxed, but the truth? I was tense for all the wrong reasons—and all the right ones too. His fingers moved over my back with slow, practiced strokes. Warm palms, confident pressure. Up along my shoulder blades, down the curve of my spine. Every pass sent a ripple of heat through me, like he was lighting little matches all over my skin. And there I was, lying under him, towel clinging to my hips, biting my bottom lip like I could chew my way through the tension. The way he touched me..... Like my body was a map he already knew but still wanted to explore. Every touch felt intentional, and yet... teasing. And don't even get me started on my heartbeat—it was thumping so loud it felt like the massage table was vibrating with it. Then he got to my waist. He paused, leaned in a little—close enough for his breath to tickle my ear—and asked, voice smooth and impossibly patient, “Can I ta
A Whole New World CHAPTER SIXTY SIX
ESSENCE“Are you okay?” Lucian asked for the umpteenth time as he drove us home, one hand on the wheel and the other gently resting on my thigh like I might float away if he let go.I nodded once again, but my nod felt like a lie. “I don’t know,” I finally muttered, staring out the window like I was in a low-budget Netflix drama. “I keep thinking about Vesper.”He didn’t say anything right away. Just kept driving while the city lights rolled past us like soft blurs. Then he said, “You played your part, Essence. She's in the hospital. She’ll live—because of you. It could’ve been worse. She could’ve died. Don’t forget that.”And he was right. God help me, he was right. I did play my part. I warned her. I tried. I didn’t watch her walk into that trap.... I reached out. Even if she bit my hand in the process.Now I just hoped she healed completely… and that I never had to see her face again.When we got back home, I felt like I had stepped into a different world. A better one. One where t
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