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SLOW STEPS

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last update 게시일: 2026-05-19 23:33:59

DAMON'S POV

It had been three weeks since the hospital scare.

Three weeks of me showing up exactly how I said I would...no grand speeches, no pressure, just consistent, quiet actions. I went to every single doctor’s appointment. I sat in the waiting room early, brought her the right snacks, asked questions but never took over. I kept going to therapy twice a week. I even told my mom, in no uncertain terms, that any negative comments about Eve were no longer welcome.

Eve was still guarded. S
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  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    CHILDBIRTH CLASS

    EVE'S POV Thirty-two weeks pregnant felt like carrying a watermelon strapped to my front. My belly was heavy and round, sitting low enough that I had to waddle more than walk now. Every step sent a dull ache through my lower back, and the baby had taken to practicing soccer drills against my ribs at the most inconvenient times. But despite the discomfort, I couldn’t stop touching my belly... feeling those strong, steady movements that reminded me we were getting closer to meeting our little one. Damon and I were still living under the same roof, but it felt more like two careful roommates than a married couple trying to rebuild. He respected every boundary I set. He never entered my room without knocking. He slept in the master bedroom while I stayed in the guest room. He made breakfast every morning and left it on the table with a short note, never expecting conversation. It was healing in small, quiet ways… but it was also incredibly awkward. Today was our first childbirt

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    SLOW STEPS

    DAMON'S POV It had been three weeks since the hospital scare. Three weeks of me showing up exactly how I said I would...no grand speeches, no pressure, just consistent, quiet actions. I went to every single doctor’s appointment. I sat in the waiting room early, brought her the right snacks, asked questions but never took over. I kept going to therapy twice a week. I even told my mom, in no uncertain terms, that any negative comments about Eve were no longer welcome. Eve was still guarded. She had every reason to be. But something had shifted after that night in the hospital. She saw me stay calm when things got scary. She saw me put her and the baby first without making it about my guilt. Slowly, the walls she had built started to crack just a little. Then, four days ago, she called me. Not a text. An actual call. “I’ve been thinking,” she said, voice careful but not cold. “I want to move back to the penthouse. But not like before. We’re not jumping back into everything. I need

  • 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 PHONE CALL

    They'd been back from the wedding for three days when Damon's phone rang during breakfast.Unknown number.He almost didn't answer, then something made him pick up."Hello?"Eve watched his face change, watched him go still in that dangerous way he did when he was trying not to react."Sophia," he

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-23

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    THE TIMELINE

    CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: THE TIMELINEDamon called Marcus at seven the next morning.I was awake, had been awake all night, staring at the ceiling while Damon pretended to sleep next to me."I need to ask you about something," Damon said into the phone, his voice rough from not sleeping. "That gallery

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-23

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    CHOOSING YOU

    The two weeks flew by faster than Eve expected.Jessica took her dress shopping even though the dress was already made. Said they needed the experience, the tradition of it. They tried on ridiculous gowns they'd never buy and drank champagne and laughed until Eve's sides hurt."This is what it shou

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-23

  • I AM BILLIONAIRE DAMON'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE    PATERNITY QUESTION

    Three days of texts from Sophia. Three days of her playing the scared pregnant woman who just wanted to talk, who just wanted Damon to acknowledge what was happening.Finally Damon cracked."We need to confront her," he said. "Get this out in the open, demand the paternity test and end this.""She'

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-23
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