FAZER LOGINLila’s blood turned to ice.“I… I didn’t request any DNA test,” she whispered, her voice barely audible. “I didn’t even know there was a baby until tonight. Who requested it?”The doctor paused, sounding confused. “It came from your husband’s legal team yesterday morning. They insisted on urgent testing.”The phone nearly slipped from Lila’s fingers. Daniel. Even after everything, he was still three steps ahead, manipulating, controlling and hiding. She told the driver to head to the hospital, her mind spinning with dread and rage. Was Daniel doubting the paternity of the baby all of a sudden? She couldn’t place anything well at the moment.The man who had spent months lying to her face now had the thought of ordering a DNA test behind the back of the same woman he cheated on her with?The betrayal felt endless, like peeling back layers of an onion only to find more rot underneath.Her phone was still clutched in her hand like a lifeline, or a weapon. Part of her wanted to call Danie
“No.” Lila’s voice cracked, but she held her head high, the diamond necklace he had given her glinting mockingly against her skin. “There is no ‘we’ anymore. Not tonight. Not after this.”Before Daniel could respond, Lila grabbed the lapels of his new tuxedo and yanked him forward with surprising strength. The fabric bunched tightly in her fists as she pulled his face close to hers.“Look at me in the eyes, Daniel,” she demanded, her voice low but fierce enough to carry through the silent courtyard. “When did this start? What about Drew? Didn’t you at least pity him?”Daniel’s eyes were wide with shock and shame, the red imprint of her slap still burning brightly on his cheek. Up close, she could see the faint sheen of sweat on his forehead, the way his strong jaw trembled as he struggled for words. His broad chest rose and fell rapidly under her grip, the crisp white shirt now wrinkled from her hold.“Lila… baby, please,” he whispered brokenly, his voice barely audible. “It started
Sophia smiled softly, though her eyes looked tired and a little nervous. She placed one hand over Lila’s on her belly. “It’s real. Three months along and everything looks perfect so far.”The room, which had gone deathly quiet, suddenly erupted in murmurs and then applause as guests realized what was happening. Daniel stood frozen for a second before striding over. His face was a mask of tension, jaw tight and hazel eyes darting between the two women.Sophia’s expression changed immediately when Daniel approached. In one smooth, deliberate motion, she pushed Lila aside, not roughly, but firmly enough that Lila stumbled back a step, shock flashing across her tender face.Sophia stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Daniel, pressing her pregnant belly against him in an intimate embrace that made several guests whisper.“I can’t wait for us to be parents,” Sophia murmured loudly enough for Lila to hear, her voice thick with emotion and something far too possessive. She tilted her
By 7:pm in the evening, their home had been elegantly transformed for the anniversary gala. Crystal chandeliers borrowed from Daniel’s company event inventory hung from temporary rigging in the large courtyard that had been transformed into a grand ballroom, A live string quartet played soft jazz in the corner, while waitstaff in crisp uniforms circulated with trays of champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and non-alcoholic sparkling elderflower for Lila.The guest list was curated for about eighty people who were close friends from their high school days, a few trusted college acquaintances. Daniel’s key business partners, and Lila’s inner circle of girlfriends who had supported her through the difficult years of trying to conceive. Most of the guests were already seated, drinking and having light deserts.A large banner reading Four Years of Forever hung above the dance floor, flanked by photos from their journey. It had their awkward high school prom picture, the rainy day they reconnected
Daniel was her first love and her first in everything. They met in high school and though they separated for college, they found each other after that.But before they found themselves again, Lila had gone through a messy breakup. Daniel came back into her life when she actually needed him most. At the perfect time.So it was no news she called him ‘perfect timer’ while he called her ‘my forever’.So when she heard a voice in her sitting room that sounded almost like her husband’s, her heart almost exploded. She thought she had not heard right. But a question like “You’re… pregnant?” couldn’t be mistaken in the ears of someone like Lila. Someone who had been deprived of the joy of carrying her own child. She had longed for a child of their own for years. The doctors had been gentle but clear, “The chances were slim.”She had cried in his arms more nights than she could count, and he had held her, promising they would face it together. They considered adoption and surrogacy and whate
Daniel grunted when Lila’s palm rubbed the head of his thing before she circled her hand around his raging length. She knew how much he hated that. Except today she was doing it to tease him. He took his mouth from her ears and then back to her swollen lips.She kissed him passionately, gratified that her husband returned the same eagerness she ventured. It had been about two weeks since he last touched her this way. He had been so busy with work and the expansion of his company that he came back late and tired.Therefore, swollen lips could not stop her from enjoying what she had been missing for the past two weeks. Lila didn’t disappoint him, she ground her hips against him that it almost let out a pleasurable sigh upon their bodies rubbing each other.Lila Coleman was the kind of beauty that didn't need to try. Not the kind that came from effort and early mornings and the right lightings. No. She was the kind that just existed, easy and uncomplicated, like it had never once bee







