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Chapter 10

Author: Nana A
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-05-17 17:00:37

Isla

The weight of my decision to let Lucien into our lives again felt heavier with every passing day. I should have known that once he was back, once he set foot in our world again, I wouldn’t be able to keep him at arm’s length forever. But I had tried. I had tried so hard.

I never expected him to show up the way he had. No grand gestures, no expensive gifts, no trying to buy his way back into my heart. He simply showed up. He spent time with Leo. He played games. He did all the right things—the small things that made it impossible to ignore him.

I had to admit, I had seen the change in him. I couldn’t pretend it wasn’t there. But I also couldn’t ignore the reality of what had happened in the past. Lucien wasn’t just someone I had loved. He was the person who had abandoned me when I needed him the most. He was the father of my son, yet he had barely been there for either of us.

I knew I was being unfair. I could see that. Leo deserved to know his father. He deserved the chance to ha
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