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Clara’s POVParis.Everyone dreams of it. The glittering lights, the sprawling mansions, the sweet aroma of expensive cigars and imported wine. I have all of it — the marble floors, the crystal chandeliers, the silk sheets that drape over my king-sized bed. I have closets full of designer clothes, shoes that have never touched the pavement, jewelry that could blind a room.And yet, I wake up every morning with smoke in my lungs and venom in my chest.I light another cigarette, let the bitter taste burn the back of my throat, and lean against the balcony railing. The city is alive beneath me — laughter, cars, lovers strolling hand in hand, living the kind of life I should be living. The kind of life they are living. Roman. Ariana. Their names are poison to me, and yet they are the only names that live rent-free in my head.Do I regret what I did? The kidnapping, the threats, the torture?No.Not even for a second.If I had to be reborn a thousand times, I would do it a thousand times o
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Jena’s POVThree years.Three whole years.That’s how long it has been since I last held my daughter. Since I last saw her face in person. Since she walked out of my life and never looked back.People say time heals wounds, but they’re wrong. Time doesn’t heal. Time only makes the silence louder, the guilt heavier, the ache deeper. Every morning when I open my eyes, the first thought that slices through me is her name. Ariana.And then the guilt comes crashing in.I told her to abort her baby. I said words a mother should never say. Words that burned a hole in her heart. I thought I was protecting her. I thought I was guiding her. I thought… God, I thought I was doing the right thing.But I was selfish. I see that now.I wanted to save my marriage. I wanted to save the life I had rebuilt with Mark after everything fell apart. I thought if Ariana just listened to me, if she did what I asked, everything would stay together. That somehow forcing her to choose between her future and that
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Lana’s POVRegret has a strange way of sitting inside you. It doesn’t just pass—it settles. It builds a home in your chest, in your bones, in the pit of your stomach until you can’t breathe without feeling it. That’s what it’s been like for me these past years.I thought I’d buried it all buried Ariana, buried Roman, buried the memory of Clara and that night. But nothing stays buried. Not when you close your eyes at night. Not when the silence creeps in. That’s when the voices come back, whispering. Reminding me of every mistake.I didn’t even finish school. I was supposed to. But my dad… of course, he fixed it the way he fixes everything—with money. He bought me a degree like it was a handbag. Just a transaction. A fake accomplishment to put on the wall and parade around. Everyone thinks I graduated, but the truth is, I didn’t even try. I couldn’t.Not because I wasn’t capable, but because every time I opened a book, I saw Ariana’s face. Every time I tried to sit in a classroom, I r
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Bonus Chapter.Alex’s POVThe club was loud, the bass vibrating through the floor beneath my boots. Colored lights strobed over the dance floor, casting shadows across the crowd, but I wasn’t here for the music or the drinks. Truth was, I didn’t even know why I came out tonight. Maybe I was bored. Maybe I was tired of watching Roman and Ariana wrapped up in their perfect little world while I played the role of supportive best friend on the sidelines.I leaned against the bar, nursing a glass of whiskey, when I spotted her.Maddie.She was sitting alone in a booth tucked away in the corner, a half-empty glass in front of her. She looked different—messy hair, smudged mascara, her usual sharpness dulled by alcohol. But there was something about the slump of her shoulders, the way her eyes kept flicking to the rim of her glass as if the answers to all her problems might be floating there.I smirked without even meaning to. It wasn’t the mocking kind—more like a reflex whenever Maddie was
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Ariana’s POVThree Years LaterThe auditorium was alive with noise—applause, cheers, and proud tears. But for me, everything blurred into the background. My eyes found only one thing: Roman, sitting in the front row, our three-year-old son against his chest.He looked breathtaking, as always. Dark suit, broad shoulders, and that controlled calmness that had always made him seem untouchable. But not today. Today, his eyes glistened with the softest pride, a pride that belonged not to Roman Sinclair, the powerful businessman, but to Roman, my husband, my everything.Our little boy—Ethan—squirmed in his arms, his tiny hands tugging at Roman’s tie. Roman smiled down at him, that rare, unguarded smile that melted me every single time. He kissed Ethan’s hair and then lifted his gaze back to me. Even from across the hall, I felt the weight of it—the warmth, the love, the unspoken words.“And now,” the dean’s voice boomed across the hall, pulling me back, “we present the graduating student wh
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Roman’s POV8 Months LaterThe ringing of my phone pulled me out of a meeting, but I knew the second I saw the hospital’s name flashing across the screen that my world was about to change forever.“Mr. Sinclair?” the nurse’s voice came through. “Your wife… she’s delivered. Both mother and baby are healthy.”For a moment, I couldn’t speak. My throat locked, my chest tight, as if the air had been stolen from me. Then the words sank in. My wife. Our baby. Healthy.I didn’t wait for anything else. I walked out of the building without a word to anyone, leaving contracts, investors, and business behind. None of it mattered. Not compared to this. Not compared to them.The drive to the hospital blurred past in flashes of color and heartbeat. My hands gripped the steering wheel so tight my knuckles burned, but my mind was somewhere else entirely—on her. On the sound of her laugh, the way she whispered my name, the way she held on to me even when I didn’t deserve it. And now… the thought of her
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