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Chapter Hundred Twenty

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Celeste

For a heartbeat, no one spoke.

The words hung in the air like fragile glass — beautiful, dangerous, waiting to break.

Sebastian’s gaze met mine, and though he said nothing, his eyes told me everything. Are you sure? they seemed to ask. I didn’t know if I was. But when I looked at Amara, sitting so small and wide-eyed beside his bed, I realized that there were no perfect moments for truth. Only the ones that mattered.

And this one mattered more than anything.

I knelt down in front of her, brushing a curl away from her forehead. “That’s right.” My voice trembled, but I kept my smile gentle. “He was far away for a long time, but not anymore.”

Amara blinked, confused. “Not anymore?”

Sebastian’s voice came next — quiet and rough, but full of warmth. “She means me, sunshine.”

Her little mouth fell open. “You’re… my daddy?”

“Yes,” he whispered. His hand trembled slightly as he reached toward her. “I’m your Daddy.”

Silence. A single, fragile heartbeat.

Then Amara gasped, the sound ca
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