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Chapter 106

Author: Sammy
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Luca.

The drive back to the hospital where Lila had been admitted after her fainting spell felt longer than the entire night I’d just survived.

It wasn’t just exhaustion. Or the dull ache behind my eyes that hadn’t eased since the moment I walked out of Vanessa’s hospital room.

It was knowing I had to look my wife in the eye and pretend.

Pretend that nothing had changed.

Pretend that the life unraveling at the edges hadn’t finally, mercifully, torn free of me.

And God help me, I didn’t even feel guilty about it.

Because as much as Vanessa’s deceit sickened me, it was also a relief I hadn’t expected.

Relief that the baby wasn’t mine.

Relief that I wasn’t bound to her for the rest of my life.

Relief that there was no more question of whether part of my heart would always belong somewhere else.

I pulled in through the private entrance and climbed out slowly, my body stiff from hours of standing and waiting. Paolo trailed me down the hallway, giving me a wide berth. He knew better than to
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