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Chapter 17

Author: Rikki
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-01 22:23:53

(Reid's Point of View)

The next morning I found her sitting on the bed, Ethan nestled against her chest.

His tiny fingers clutched at the fabric of her gown, his breaths small and uneven, the kind of fragility that makes you realize how breakable life is.

He looked so innocent. So untarnished by the lies, the accusations, the poison that had been fed into my veins.

For one painful second, I let myself imagine what it would feel like, if he were mine. If he could carry my name. If I could hold him without hesitation, without doubt.

But reality is never that merciful.

I stepped closer, my voice colder than the ache inside me.

“Tell me,” I demanded. “Who’s the father, Karline?”

Her head snapped up, eyes wide, shimmering with unshed tears.

“Reid…” her lips trembled, and she clutched Ethan tighter, as if shielding him from me.

“The child isn’t Adrian’s,” I cut her off sharply, each word like a blade.

Her mouth parted but nothing came out. She looked at me as though I’d stolen the air from
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ElleR
Why not use an independent lab? Why didn't Karline have a test done? Natalie is a snake, Adrian and opportunist, Reid a dupe, and Karline so naive.
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Sheilla Peral
Too much trust is not good tsk tsk i hope he realize that very soon
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