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MONDAY MORNING

Author: Lizzy Aik
last update publish date: 2026-01-14 23:46:09

I woke up Monday to my phone ringing.

Not buzzing. Ringing. Like someone was actually calling me.

At seven in the morning.

I grabbed it without looking. "Hello?"

"Eve Morgan?"

Not a voice I recognized. Female. Professional.

"Sterling. Eve Sterling. Who's this?"

"This is Vanessa Sea from Page Six. I'm calling about the Grayson Gala this weekend. Do you have a moment to comment?"

I sat up. "What? No. I don't...how did you get this number?"

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  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    THE SCARE

    EVE'S POV I woke up at 3:17 a.m. with a sharp, tightening pain low in my belly that didn’t feel like the usual Braxton Hicks. At twenty-eight weeks, I’d gotten used to the little aches and the baby’s strong kicks, but this was different. It wrapped around my middle like a band and made me suck in a sharp breath. I lay still for a minute, hand on my belly, waiting for it to pass. It did… but then another one came five minutes later. Stronger. “Shit,” I whispered into the dark room at Jessica’s place. My heart started racing. I reached for my phone on the nightstand, breathing through the next contraction. By the time the third one hit, I was scared, really scared. I called Jessica first. She was in my room in under a minute, still half-asleep but instantly alert when she saw my face. “How far apart?” she asked, already grabbing my hospital bag from the closet. “Four or five minutes,” I said, voice shaking. “This doesn’t feel right, Jess. It’s too early.” She helped me up, kept

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    ACTION OVER WORDS

    DAMON'S POV I used to think love was about big speeches and grand gestures. Now I know it’s mostly about showing up when it’s quiet, when nobody’s clapping, when it’s just hard and uncomfortable work. It had been two weeks since I showed Eve the nursery. Two weeks since that heavy conversation in the coffee shop where she told me she was still mad and scared. She hadn’t moved back in. She was still at Jessica’s. And I was learning, day by day, that pushing her would only make things worse. So I stopped pushing and I started showing up instead. This morning was her twenty-nine-week appointment. I got there early, sitting in the waiting room with a coffee for her (decaf, oat milk, one sugar — exactly how she likes it). When she walked in with Jessica, she looked surprised to see me, but not angry. That was something. “Hey,” I said, standing up carefully. I didn’t try to hug her, I didn’t even step too close. “I brought you this. Thought you might want something before they start po

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    LOVE AND FEAR

    EVE'S POV I sat on Jessica’s balcony with a cup of herbal tea that had gone cold ages ago, staring out at the city lights while my hand rested on my belly. Twenty-seven weeks. The baby was getting stronger every day, pushing and rolling like he or she was trying to remind me that life was still moving forward whether I was ready or not. But my heart? My heart felt stuck between two worlds.. one where I still loved Damon with everything in me, and another where the fear of being hurt again was almost paralyzing. The nursery he had created kept playing in my mind, the timeline of his mistakes written out so honestly. The letter, the way his voice had cracked when he told me he understood exactly how deeply he had broken me. It was beautiful, painful. and real. For the first time since he asked me to leave, I felt like he truly saw what he had done. And yet… I was terrified. What if it was just another grand gesture? What if the guilt wore off and the old patterns came back? What

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    THE GRAND GESTURE

    DAMON'S POV I couldn’t do this halfway, not anymore. After that coffee shop meeting with Eve, her words kept echoing in my head. She was still angry, still hurt, and she had every right to be. I had pushed her away when the memories hit hardest. I had gone silent for days while she was alone at Jessica’s, carrying our baby and wondering if I was ever going to fight for us. Words weren’t enough anymore... I needed to show her... really show her... that I understood the depth of what I had done. So I spent three full days planning this. I started with the nursery. The old one in our apartment had been half-finished before everything fell apart. I hired a small team and worked alongside them, refusing to sit back and just pay for it. I wanted my hands in it. I painted the walls a soft, warm gray that Eve had once shown me on her phone months ago... back when we were still hopeful. I put up the crib we had bought together, the one she had touched with tears in her eyes the first

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    THE FIRST REAL TALK

    EVE'S POV The coffee shop Marcus chose was quiet, tucked away in a corner of the city with soft lighting and private booths. I arrived first, heart hammering so hard I could feel it in my throat. Twenty-eight weeks pregnant now, my belly made it impossible to hide how far along I was. I kept one hand on it protectively as I slid into the booth, nerves twisting tighter with every minute that passed. I was still angry, the kind of deep, simmering anger that had replaced the sadness after days of silence. But I had agreed to this one meeting. One conversation. After that, I would decide what came next. When Damon walked in, my breath caught. He looked… wrecked. His eyes were tired, shadowed with dark circles, shoulders tense like he was carrying the weight of the world. He spotted me immediately and for a second, something raw and painful flashed across his face. He approached slowly, like he was afraid I might disappear if he moved too fast. “Eve,” he said softly as he sat do

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    THE MIDDLEMAN

    Marcus's POV I’d had enough. Eleven weeks of this bullshit. Eleven days of Damon hiding in that penthouse like a wounded animal, and Eve staying at Jessica’s place trying to act strong while her belly kept growing and her heart kept breaking. I was tired of watching two people I loved destroy themselves because one of them couldn’t stop punishing himself. I pulled up to Jessica’s building around four in the afternoon, carrying a bag of Eve’s favorite snacks and some decaf iced tea. Jessica let me in with a tired but grateful look. “She’s on the balcony,” she said quietly. “Been out there most of the day. She’s mad now, Marcus. Really mad, the sad phase is over.” “Good,” I muttered. “Angry is better than broken.” Eve was sitting in one of the balcony chairs, feet propped up on a stool, one hand resting on her round belly. She looked beautiful even with the exhaustion written all over her face. The pregnancy had rounded her out nicely... she was probably twenty-eight weeks now ...

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    MORNING AFTER

    Saturday morning I woke up to the smell of bacon. Which was weird because I didn't cook bacon. Didn't really cook anything beyond cereal and toast, honestly. I stumbled out of bed in my pajamas—ratty t-shirt and shorts that had seen better days—and followed the smell to the kitchen. Damon was at

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  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    DINNER WITH THE IN LAWS (1)

    Wednesday arrived and I wanted to die.Okay, not actually die. But maybe get hit by a car. Nothing fatal. Just enough to land me in the hospital for a few days so I could miss this dinner.My parents were coming at seven. Damon's parents were coming at seven. All of them. Together. In the penthous

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  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    THE DEFENSE

    I woke up Friday morning and for about three seconds, everything was fine.Then I remembered dinner. The forks. Catherine Sterling's smile. My mother agreeing with everything. The bathroom.Damon defending me.I pulled the pillow over my face and groaned.My phone buzzed on the nightstand. I grabbe

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  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    DINNER WITH THE IN LAWS (2)

    The silence that followed was excruciating.I took a sip of water. It went down wrong and I had to fight not to cough. Damon's hand landed on my knee under the table, just for a second, just a brief touch—before disappearing again.The housekeeper appeared in the doorway. "Dinner is ready."Thank G

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-18
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