LOGINLife in the Blake family was a nightmare for Crystal. Despite being married to Christian Blake, the powerful CEO, for three years, she couldn’t conceive, becoming the target of endless scorn and humiliation. When she finally found out about Christian's affair with his mistress, Ilda, the woman he’d chosen over her, her heart shattered. But just when she thought things couldn’t get worse, she found herself carrying Christian’s child in secret. However, as Christian prepares to marry Ilda, a shocking truth emerges— the child she was carrying was not his. What will happen when Christian realizes the woman he betrayed and cast aside had his heir all along? Will he regret his choices, or has he already lost everything, including Crystal’s love
View More182The sun was mild that afternoon, filtering through the leaves in soft, golden fragments. The park was alive with laughter and calm, families sitting on blankets, children chasing each other through the grass, and the faint hum of a distant guitar drifting through the air. Caleb stood by a quiet bench, his hands tucked deep in his jacket pockets, watching a group of kids run past with kites. For a fleeting moment, he imagined Zoe among them, his laughter, his small legs running wild, free.He had almost lost hope of ever seeing Adrian again after the court ruling, but here he was, waiting, uncertain, his heart pounding with every passing second.Then he saw him.Adrian, walking toward him in a simple gray sweatshirt and jeans, his face calm, though his eyes carried a quiet storm. Caleb straightened, his breath catching in his chest.When Adrian reached him, there was silence, a long, heavy silence filled with things words could never fully say. Finally, Adrian exhaled, a faint smi
Rosie stood a few paces behind him, silent, her mouth a thin line. The fight in her eyes had gone soft; she watched Crystal as if she could measure every word that fell and weigh it against the man beside her. Caleb’s lips trembled; he opened his mouth as though to speak, then closed it again. The defense he had rehearsed a thousand times was suddenly small and foolish next to the weight of Crystal’s accusation.Crystal’s voice rose, rawer now. “You cannot pretend your way into our lives. You cannot pretend to be the man I once knew and then expect forgiveness. There are things that never go away. You escaped the law once, but you will not escape the truth in my head. I will make sure you pay for what you tried to do. I will make sure you never come near Zoe again.”Her hand flew to her chest as if to steady herself; her face was a storm, eyes bright, cheeks flushed, mouth trembling with fury and grief. For a beat the courtroom held its breath with her.Adrian snapped out of his paral
The question sliced through the room, leaving only silence behind. Every eye turned to Caleb. Even Crystal’s head tilted slightly, her breath catching as if she too wanted to hear why but she didn't care. Caleb inhaled shakily. His lips parted, but for a moment no words came. Then, with a trembling voice, soft but clear enough for the courtroom to hear, he said:> “Because he’s the only light I have left.” The judge blinked once, his brows slightly furrowed as Caleb was not answering his question. Caleb continued, his voice breaking but steady with truth.> “I didn’t run because I wanted to, Your Honor. I was broken. I lost everything, my name, my family, my reason to live. And when I woke up again, I wasn’t Christian Blake anymore. I was someone new. Someone… trying to be better.”He paused, swallowing hard, his eyes glistening. Rosie’s tears fell quietly in the back.> “Maybe I don’t deserve forgiveness. Maybe I don’t even deserve to be called his father. But every time I see him,
It had been two long weeks since the hospital incident and the huge revelation, yet the silence between them all had only grown louder. What once echoed as chaos and confrontation had now settled into a chilling stillness, the kind that pressed against the heart until it cracked.For Caleb, each morning had become a slow replay of the same ache. He told himself he was fine, that the storm would pass eventually, that time had a way of healing even the deepest wounds. But deep down, he knew that this silence wasn’t healing. It was the calm before something irreversible.The day it came, the sky outside was gray, the kind that carried no promise of rain, only a dull heaviness that mirrored his chest. He sat on the small couch in Rosie’s living room, the morning light crawling weakly through the curtains when a knock came at the door.Rosie opened it, expecting a neighbor. Instead, a man in a dark suit handed her a thin, official-looking envelope before leaving without a word. She turned,
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