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Anora's POV

My jaw tightened, fists curling at my sides. This can’t be real, I told myself. But it was. He was real. Just a few steps away, standing there like he was pleased to see me with a smirk on his face as if he’d just won some prize.

“Mommy!” Sara’s voice rang out, bright and innocent. She waved at me, her smile wide. Then she shouted, just to make sure I heard every word: “I met Daddy again today!”

The word Daddy punched the air out of me. My anger flared, hot and sharp. So she hadn’t been making things up last night. It was him. He was the man she’d been talking about.

I sucked in a deep breath, forcing it down. I couldn’t let it spill out here, not in front of Sara. My eyes stayed locked on him as I stepped closer, each stride slow and deliberate.

“Hello, Bruce.” I forced a smile, sweet on the surface, bitter underneath. “It’s been a while.”

“Of course.” His voice was smooth, his smirk never leaving. God, I wanted to wipe it right off his face.

My smile strained at the edg
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