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"Trust me, I know how men think. Lachlan might be able to accept you, but there's no way he'll ever accept this kid. Mark my words. He might smile at her during the day, but at night he'll be dying to strangle the little bastard."I'm the only man in the world who doesn't care what happened that night, and the only one who could truly raise this child as my own."Stop this, Leila. Mira's out of the picture for good. Bring the baby and come home with me."Shane sounded completely sure of himself. After all, no mother could help but think of her child, and no mother could ignore what her child would have to go through.Unfortunately for him, he had gotten one thing wrong."Shane, my daughter is not a bastard. You might not know who her father is, but I do. She's mine and Lachlan's. Come to think of it, I should thank you. If it weren't for you that night, Lachlan and I wouldn't be where we are today."Shane's expression changed. "What's that supposed to mean? Leila, explain yoursel
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"She's timid and has never been through anything like this. She must be terrified. Tell me where she is. I'll find her first and make sure she's okay, then I'll come back to you and the baby."Shane was getting more absurd by the second, so I cut him off. "Stop. These past two years have been great. My career is going well, my daughter is a sweetheart, and my husband treats me right."As for your precious Mira, I haven't seen her, I haven't heard from her, and I have nothing to tell you."Shane scoffed. "Leila, can you drop the act? You had a baby whose father nobody knows. Who besides me would ever accept that? I don't blame you for the artifact thing, since you couldn't exactly look the other way. But from now on, stop picking on Mira!"I could not be bothered to respond, so I walked straight past him and looked around for Lachlan.Shane refused to let it go and grabbed my wrist. "I'm asking you one last time. Where is Mira?"I frowned and was about to lose my temper when my ba
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"It wasn't until I saw you again that I was almost certain it was you, but you wouldn't admit it. Today's news confirmed it for me. It was you that night, and I'm going to take responsibility for you and our baby."Let's get married. It's a personal matter between the two of us, but it'll also turn public opinion around and help the case go more smoothly. So I suppose it's official business too."There was no doubting how sincere Lachlan was, and given that he was a soldier, I found it hard not to be moved."But—"Lachlan smiled and held my hand tightly. "No buts. I can handle all of it."He wasted no time. He finalized my divorce from Shane, and then the two of us got our marriage license.He also posted a statement online.There was more than enough evidence of Shane's affair with Mira. All it took was releasing some of it and making it clear that Shane and I had already agreed to divorce long ago.With the divorce already agreed upon, it no longer mattered whose baby it was.
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Not long after I finished that drink, my whole body burned with heat and my mind went hazy.Shane told me to go rest first, then leaned in close and whispered suggestively that I should leave the door unlocked for him.When I woke the next morning and saw him sound asleep beside me, I naturally assumed he was the one I had spent that wild night with.If Mira had not let it slip, I never would have imagined that he would leave me alone over a single phone call without caring at all who came into my room!Where did that leave the man standing in front of me now?Had he been there that night? What had he seen? What had he heard?My mind went blank. I realized I was actually afraid of the truth, and I instinctively shied away from answering his question."I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about. My advisor needs me for something. I have to go."With that excuse, I hurried off and returned to base camp with Professor Bastow.The confidential project would take some time t
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The graves of the grandfather and great-grandfather Shane had just mentioned had been completely dug up and lay in shambles. What was even more alarming was the military unit stationed beside the graves, their dark gun barrels filling the air with dread.Shane stumbled back a step and barely managed to steady himself. "W-What is this? My family's—"A handsome young man stepped out from among the soldiers and saluted Professor Bastow."Professor Bastow, as you instructed, we're arranging for everything inside to be moved."Professor Bastow nodded and made a quick introduction. "This is my student, Leila Danforth. She's a core member of our confidential project. And this is the commanding officer of the unit stationed here, Captain Lachlan Ives."I cared far more about what had been excavated than about who he was, so I gave him a quick nod and went straight over to look at the artifacts being moved.Naturally, I missed the complicated look Lachlan gave me.No one answered Shane's
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"Oh, right. Your advisor mentioned some kind of confidential project. What's that ab—"Before he could finish, I pushed my weakened body up and slapped him hard across the face."Shane, are you even human? Isn't this baby yours too? How could you just stand there and watch us die?"Shane ran his tongue along the corner of his mouth, and a flicker of guilt crossed his eyes. He was about to explain himself when the door suddenly swung open and Mira walked in."Leila, so you already know the baby isn't Shane's?""W-What did you just say?"I could hardly believe my ears, and my hand instinctively went to my stomach.If this baby was not Shane's, then whose was it?"That's partly my fault. That night, I twisted my ankle and called Shane, so he left you there drunk and came to take care of me. As for who went into your room afterward and spent the night with you, we honestly have no idea."But don't worry. Shane said he'll raise the baby as his own—""Mira!" Shane's face turned ash
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