Katherine Smith thought she'd left her past behind. But when she returns home with her twin children, she's face-to-face with Dacre Silver - the man who broke her heart. He's still ruthless and manipulative, but now he's determined to claim what he thinks is his. As they clash, secrets come to light, and Katherine must confront the lies that tore them apart. Will she forgive Dacre's past mistakes, or will their love remain just a memory?
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"NO… PLEASE… STAY AWAY! Don't hurt my baby, PLEASE!"
My voice was barely audible, more like a whisper than a cry, yet it was drowned in the cold clatter of surgical instruments.
I curled up in the farthest corner of the operating room, my body pressed against the icy wall. The white dress I wore was wrinkled and stained, as crumpled as the chaos in my heart.
I must've looked like a mess—my hair tangled and stuck to my tear-streaked face, my lips bitten raw, streaked with blood.
But none of that mattered anymore. Not here. Not now.
The doctors moved with sterile precision, dressed in pale blue scrubs, their gloved hands calmly arranging gleaming instruments that shimmered under the harsh fluorescent lights.
The anesthesiologist adjusted the IV bag above me, the silver glint of the needle burning into my vision.
"It's a simple procedure," he said with a professional smile. "It'll be over quickly."
"Liar!" I shook my head violently, as if I could somehow shake his words out of my mind. "You're all liars! Murderers! You're trying to kill my baby!"
That child was all I had left—the only thing anchoring me to this life. How could I just give up on him?
The head nurse stepped forward. Her face was colder than any of the doctors'. She grabbed my wrist with a grip like iron, sharp and emotionless.
She motioned to the two orderlies. "Hold her down."
As they reached for me, something primal surged up inside me. I screamed, broke free with every ounce of strength I had, and shoved her backward.
She stumbled, crashing into the others. The room descended into chaos.
And then—
The door burst open.
For a moment, my heart leapt. Kane? Did he change his mind? Did he finally come to save us?
But no.
It wasn't him.
It was Baron—his assistant.
He stood in the doorway, brows furrowed, his eyes filled with disdain. The way he looked at me… like I was nothing more than a madwoman causing trouble.
Still, I had no choice. I had to try. This was the only sliver of hope left to me.
"BARON! Baron, please!" I threw myself at him, collapsing to my knees and grabbing onto the fabric of his trousers. "Please—don't let them hurt my baby. I'm begging you…"
There was no pride left in me. No dignity. Every ounce of strength I had was poured into this desperate plea.
But he didn't even flinch.
Not a flicker of sympathy.
Without a word, he raised his foot and drove it into my shoulder. Pain exploded down my arm as I hit the cold floor, my face pressed against the tile.
"I thought you'd come to your senses by now," he said, his voice like ice.
I couldn't stop the tears. They poured down my face, hot and endless. My voice cracked as I whispered, "I don't understand… why? I just want to keep my baby. The baby hasn't done anything wrong…"
"The boss doesn't want the baby," Baron said flatly.
"I DON'T CARE WHAT HE WANTS!" I choked, my voice raw. "He doesn't have to raise the baby—I'll disappear, I swear. I'll leave and NEVER show my face again. Just… PLEASE, Baron, call him. Let me talk to him. Let me beg him, one last time.."
I clung to his leg, sobbing, but he only looked down at me like I was a lunatic.
"Fine," he muttered. "Then let me show you how things really are."
He pulled out his phone.
Stupidly, I still hoped. I still thought maybe—just maybe—he was calling Kane for me. That maybe he still cared.
But then the speaker crackled to life.
"What if she refuses?" Baron's voice came through.
"Refuse?" That voice…
I'd know it anywhere. Deep, low, once warm enough to make me believe in forever.
Now it sounded like a blade being dragged across stone.
"She won't refuse. She knows it herself."
Kane.
My Kane.
The man who used to whisper love into my ear like promises.
Now his words carved through me like knives.
"She is unworthy of being the mother of my child." he said, almost amused.
And just like that—
I broke.
I didn't scream. I didn't wail.
Just a quiet whimper escaped my throat, like a wounded animal.
The world around me faded. All I could hear was the thunder of blood in my ears. My heart felt like it had been hollowed out with a rusted spoon.
So this… this is what heartbreak really feels like.
Not a cinematic explosion of pain.
Just… emptiness.
Numbness.
I stood up slowly, legs trembling under me like wet paper. The massive window at the far end of the room caught my eye.
Outside, the sky was the color of lead.
How strange!
The world looked so calm, even as mine crumbled to ash.
The figures rushed toward me again, voices sharp and urgent.
But I didn't hear them anymore.
I climbed onto the windowsill, the wind sweeping my hair back from my face. One last glance at the sterile room behind me—filled with faceless people, masks, gloves, orders.
They were still talking, but it didn't matter.
I'd already made my choice.
"Tell Kane... I'll do what he wants." My voice was clear, almost serene. "Goodbye."
And then I leaned back, surrendering to the pull of gravity.
As I fell, I didn't feel fear.
Only peace.
For once, this choice was mine.
I touched my gently rounded belly one last time.
I'm sorry, baby.
I couldn't protect you.
But at least now, they'll never separate us again.
Dacre’s povI was in the bath having my hot bath as I relaxed at the steam rising up.This was just what I needed. Nothing more. Just this and I liked it.When I was done, I grabbed my towels and walked out into my room to see my mother pacing around there.“What do you want now?” I asked as she looked at me in fury.“You stupid fool,” she growled. “You think you can counter my orders in my own house? You fire Carla? If you want to play that game, Dacre, you’d better be prepared for war.”“First off, it’s my house,” I corrected her. “You have your house. You should go to that.”I saw her mask slip as she frowned even more, this time with helplessness.“Also, war, mother?” I said, my voice calm. “It didn’t start when I fired Carla. It started the day Katherine disappeared. You just didn’t know you were already in it.”Her eyes narrowed. I could see the calculations going on behind them. She was getting used to me being the frustrated son, the one who moped and punched bags. This calm,
Dacre’s povI looked up and used my towels to clean my forehead.“I asked for the head maid. Not you. Go and call her.”A thin, superior smile touched her lips. It was the same look Renee got when she knew she’d won a point. “I am the head maid now, sir.”The words didn’t register at first. It was so absurd I almost laughed. “What did you just say?”“Madam Zelda and Miss Renee felt a… change in management was necessary. I’ve been appointed head of household staff.” The anger that had been a steady burn in the gym suddenly went ice-cold. What did she mean? So first off Katherine has run away then grace was removed as head maid. Something was definitely going on. “My mother. And Renee.” I said it slowly, letting each word land. “They appointed you. Head maid. In my house.”“It was felt that a fresh perspective was needed,” she said, her chin lifted. “To better align with the family’s future.”“The family’s future,” I repeated, my voice dangerously quiet. I walked slowly towards her
Dacre’s povThe air in the garden was too still. Too heavy. I took the smell in and felt the roses and freshly cut grasses mock me.Staying in the house was a bother for me. I preferred staying in the garden away from my mothers prying eyes.i looked around as I saw that while I had been off commission, my mother had turned this to her domain. With every bush trimmed into submission, every flower bed a riot of color that somehow felt… orderly and wrong.I couldn’t stand the house. The silence in there was worse. It was a silence that screamed of her absence. So I’d come out here, to the white gazebo where the little white flowers were finally starting to bloom. Our spot. Mine and Katherine’s.I sat in the bench as it freaked under my weight. I remembered when we had stayed here during my break and I had enjoyed her company. I had been a terrible lover and I regretted why I had gone ahead to make her life even worse than it already was.It didn’t make sense. None of it. Disappear? With
Dacre’s povThe first thing I noticed was the pain. It wasn’t really strong pain any more, just a dull throb, deep in my chest and left shoulder. The room was too bright. Someone had opened the curtains again. I’d told them not to.Another day then. Sunlight poured over the ludicrously thick rug on the floor. Little motes of dust swam lazily in the beam, making more use of their existences than I was currently doing with mine lying here on the bed being healed.Which is basically a polite way to say “wait, don’t do anything”.Without a knock, the door just opened. Obviously. It’s our house according to her.She was there, against the doorway light showing softly behind her. Her eyes scanned over me like I was a piece of art that had been badly damaged and poorly restored. Disappointment washed right off of her."The financial advisors were here this morning," my mother said, not quite entering the room. Just her head poking through a crack in the door. "I told them to go."I didn't re
Katherine’s povThe moment I got there, I saw him sitting on the porch as I ran to hug him.“Are you okay?” I asked while he nodded with tears in his eyes. I didn’t wait as I got out my key and opened the door to let us in.I couldn’t believe all this rubbish had been going on and it was now he was calling me. Where was he? He had left my place weeks ago and throughout that time he was being maltreated why didn’t he call me? Why was he showing up now?"Jordan?" I said, too sharply but surprise does that. "What are you… get in here. What’s wrong?"He didn’t look at me, just rose and we snatched his bag and he went out ahead of me into the living room. The air around him was charged with it, all static and sad feeling, so I shut the door behind us hard even though there was no one else home to hear.He stood in the middle of the room.Then he sank onto the couch, the springs groaning under him, and he put his face in his hands. His whole body just… folded. It wasn’t loud. There was no
Katherine’s povThe hum of the office was a good sound. It was the sound of things working. Of people being bright and clear, keyboards clacking and a project in its groove. I stood in the doorway to the meeting room as I leaned by the wall to listen in on their conversations. My workers were talking about things that I had no care for but they were my workers and I was trying to build a relationship with them so I had to listen.“—so I told Fred we’d be shipping this week,” said Marcy, one of the old workers before I bought the place, with an assertive finger at her monitor, “and that I think that betas-per-developer charts are going to end up better than years past.”A laugh went around the room. “Alright, alright, enough gloating,” I said, stepping in. They all looked up, a little startled, they didn’t know I had been listening. The last CEO liked silence and fear much better than donuts and actual human conversation. “Seriously, though. I know the last few weeks have been chaos.
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