登入Mia The next morning Jim’s excited voice filled the hospital room.Jim had barely finished breakfast before he started asking questions again.The moment Damon stepped inside the room carrying a coffee cup in one hand and several documents in the other, Jim immediately sat up straighter in bed and pointed directly at him with excitement shining brightly across his face.“Finally, you are here. I still have a lot of important questions for you, dad.”He pulled a chair closer and sat down without hesitation.“Alright then, ask whatever questions you want answered today.”Jim’s face brightened even more.“What is your favorite color ?”“Probably dark blue. It has always been my favorite color for many years.”Jim nodded thoughtfully as though recording the information somewhere inside his head.“What is your favorite food? Mom makes me eat vegetables a lot of the times. I hope you don’t like it as much as she does.” Damon immediately looked toward me with amusement shining inside his
Mia Jim’s question left the hospital room wrapped in a suffocating silence that felt almost impossible to breathe through.For one terrifying moment, I genuinely felt as though my heart had completely stopped beating inside my chest because the very question I had spent five years avoiding had finally been spoken aloud by the one person I had desperately tried to protect from the truth.My eyes immediately lifted toward Damon because a small, irrational part of me expected him to answer first.For several long moments, Damon remained completely silent while his eyes stayed fixed on Jim’s face.Then he slowly exhaled before speaking in a calm voice.“I think your mother should be the one answering that question.”The responsibility immediately crashed down onto my shoulders with crushing force.My entire body became tense and my throat felt painfully tight.Meanwhile, Jim looked between both of us with obvious confusion written all over his face.“Why is everybody suddenly looking so
MiaI slowly exhaled before finally speaking.“Yes.”His jaw immediately clenched while he released a shaky breath, and the sadness inside his eyes became impossible to ignore anymore.“I failed you as a husband, and I failed both of you as a father.”I immediately looked away because hearing those words felt far more painful than I ever imagined they would, and a part of me that had waited years to hear that apology suddenly felt overwhelmed in a way I was not prepared for. A part of me had desperately wanted him to understand everything that I had endured, and another part of me had wanted him to finally acknowledge all the pain he had caused us. But even now that he finally did, it did not bring me the relief that I had always imagined it would.Then Damon spoke again.“Finding out about Jim has changed everything.”I slowly looked toward him while his eyes immediately softened in a way that made my chest tighten all over again.“I cannot get back those years that I missed.”He s
MiaThe longest night of my entire life officially began the moment Jim was moved into his hospital room. No matter how hard I tried to calm myself, every machine attached to him terrified me beyond words. Every beep coming from the monitors made my heart skip nervously, and every slight movement from his body immediately captured my full attention.I refused to leave his side for even a single moment because the thought of walking away from him felt unbearable. I quickly realized I was not the only person refusing to leave.Damon was still there too.He sat quietly a short distance away while keeping his eyes fixed entirely on Jim, that alone created an awkward and painful reality neither of us could escape anymore.For the first time in his life, Damon was sitting beside his son while fully knowing the truth.Conflicting emotions continued fighting inside me. Part of me was still angry about everything that had happened between us over the years. Another part of me felt guilty be
DamonAdrian suddenly stood up while staring at me with unconcealed displeasure.I said nothing because I did not want to acknowledge his presence right now.“Damon.”My entire jaw instantly tightened.“Stay out of my business, this does not concern you.”He frowned. “It absolutely concerns me. Mia is struggling right now, even if you want to address the situation, you can do so later. Besides, just because he’s your biological son . It doesn’t mean anything changes between both of you.”I stared at him coldly while trying to control the storm raging inside me.“No, Adrian, this is no not your place.”For the first time since meeting him, I no longer looked at him as some rival competing for Mia’s attention. Instead, I looked at him as the man who had spent years helping raise my son while I knew absolutely nothing.That realization alone nearly shattered me all over again.Jim was still undergoing treatment inside the operating room, every passing minute only made my emotions more
Damon I stood inside the hospital corridor for a long time after we arrived at the hospital, for the first time in a very long while, I felt completely powerless despite having every resource available to me. The entire hallway was filled with movement and noise, but my entire focus remained on only one thing.Jim had to survive.Nothing else mattered anymore.Several doctors hurried past us while nurses carried equipment between different rooms, the seriousness on every single face immediately told me how critical the situation truly was.Then my eyes immediately drifted toward Mia.She looked completely shattered.Every ounce of color had disappeared from her face while tears continued falling uncontrollably down her cheeks.She looked as though she could collapse at any second.Meanwhile, Adrian remained beside her while trying his best to keep her grounded.I slowly exhaled while trying to force my thoughts into order.Panicking would not help anyone.Losing control would not he
MiaThe atmosphere had become so thick and uncomfortable that even the project staff seemed unsure where to look.Before either Adrian or Damon could say something that would make the situation worse, I stepped forward and forced a professional smile onto my face.“Since everyone is finally here, I
MiaI arrived at the project office much earlier than everyone else because I desperately needed time alone to organize my thoughts before Damon arrived.No matter how many times I repeated the same reminder inside my head, my emotions refused to cooperate with me completely.This partnership was s
DamonThe moment Adrian’s voice came through the phone, it suddenly became so difficult for me to breathe.For several long seconds, I simply stared at the screen of my phone while countless thoughts stormed through my head.The report from my investigator suddenly felt much more believable than it
MiaI walked into a nearby café hoping the coffee would calm my nerves before I returned home.The entire day had been exhausting beyond words.Between seeing Damon again and arguing with Adrian afterward, my mind felt completely overwhelmed.I ordered a coffee and sat down near the window. As I wr







