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Chapter 195: The Aligning

مؤلف: Rachelle Wylde
last update آخر تحديث: 2026-01-14 21:20:10

2 MONTHS LATER

Leonel

~~~

I think about Ava every single day.

So much of the drama from our wedding has died down: The heat. The press. The confrontation.

But it wasn’t easy. When I blink I still see the flashes of cameras from those first two weeks out of the hospital. Horrible times. The whole world was dying for a statement from both Ava and me, and if they didn’t want to hear us talk, it was cause they wanted to ask us questions:

Who is Jaxon?

What was the name of the man who shot him?

So are Ava and I married?

Did I truly not love her?

I avoided so many, praying for a distraction. Luckily, Madison unwillingly gave me one.

When she got my paternity test and it came out negative, the world seemed to give less of a fuck if I had ever really wanted Ava, and soon the press vans in front of my house reduced to two or three.

It’s god for Ava. She deserves the space to heal and start again.

Even if starting again means she might not choose me.

Madison said noth
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