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His World Shatters

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As Cedric sat in the soft shadows of the restaurant, he looked down at the drawing again. The four stick figures smiled up at him, forever frozen in crayon joy. He was not in that picture just because of biology. He was there because two children, and their extraordinary mother, had decided he belonged. And now, he would fight to deserve it.

The soft echo of children’s laughter still lingered in Cedric’s ears long after Arla-Rosa and the twins vanished into the night. He stood up but remained motionless, a hollow weight pressing against his ribs. Cassian. Celeste. Twins. His.

The gravity of realization struck with brutal force, unraveling the tidy seams of his carefully ordered life. Duke Cedric Fleming, heir to the noble house of Fleming, who had faced war, assassination attempts, and political betrayal without flinching, was now undone by a pair of tiny hands and a mother’s quiet, devastating truth.

He stumbled into the backseat of his car
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