로그인OliviaThe room fell completely silent.No one spoke.No one moved.Mom remained on the hospital bed, her face turned toward the door. Sam sat stiffly in the chair near the corner, his arms resting on his thighs as he stared ahead, clearly trying to process everything that had just happened.As for me, I sat a few feet away from Mom, my mind still struggling to catch up with reality.The wall clock continued ticking above us.Tick-tock.Tick-tock.Each sound seemed louder than the last in the suffocating silence. Every few seconds, my gaze drifted toward the door.My head still couldn't wrap itself around Mom's revelation.How could Shawn possibly be Sam's twin?He had his own life and family. He'd told us about his adoptive parents and the life he'd lived growing up, but there had never been anything that made me think he was connected to us by blood.And yet, Mom had looked at him and immediately seen something familiar.Could a mother's instinct really be that strong? Or was grief
Olivia“What was that nurse talking about, Mom?”My eyes remained fixed on Mom, searching her face for an explanation, but the woman who had been smiling and laughing only moments ago now looked like she wished the ground would just open and swallow her whole.“What exactly are you hiding from us?”Her fingers tightened around the hospital blanket, gripping the fabric so hard that her knuckles began to pale.“Mom?”I folded my arms across my chest and exchanged a glance with Sam. He was staring at Mom too, waiting for an explanation.“Mom,” Sam finally spoke. “What is going on?”She swallowed. Her shoulders slowly slumped, and a long, defeated breath escaped her lips.“I’m sorry, but there’s something I should have told both of you a very long time ago.”Neither Sam nor I moved. We simply waited.She lowered her gaze to her hands. For several seconds, she seemed to struggle with whether she should continue. Then, slowly, she lifted her head, and her eyes settled on Sam.Something abou
OliviaThe moment the door opened, my eyes immediately found the familiar figure sitting on the hospital bed.“Mom…”Mom looked up from the food she was eating, and the moment her eyes landed on me, a warm smile spread across her face.“Mom…”Without thinking twice, I hurried across the room and wrapped my arms gently around her.She laughed softly as she hugged me back. When I finally pulled away, Mom reached out and gently pinched my cheeks.“Look at you. You look so beautiful today.”A small laugh escaped me, but my eyes suddenly burned. Tears quickly gathered along my lashes as I looked at her.“Stop it, Mom.”I tried to smile, but seeing her like this made it difficult to hold back my emotions.She looked so much better.For days, I'd watched her lie weakly in that hospital bed, barely having the strength to do anything for herself.But now… she was sitting up and even eating properly. Even the color had returned to her cheeks. She looked alive and healthy again, like the mother
AxelOlivia's expression changed as her brows knitted together tightly."Why are you asking me all these questions?"She shifted slightly in her seat, her fingers tightening around the stem of her wineglass. There was confusion in her eyes now, but something else had begun to creep into her expression—uneasiness.She studied my face as though trying to figure out what had suddenly changed in me."You're beginning to scare me, Axel. Who is this Anna you keep calling me?"She hesitated, her gaze searching mine."Why are you so desperate for me to be her? Is there something about her that I don't know? Why do you keep looking at me like you're expecting me to suddenly remember something?"Olivia lowered her gaze for a moment before looking back at me."I've told you I don't remember this person, Axel. So why does it feel like you're trying so hard to convince yourself that I am her?”I froze.Her words struck me hard. I rubbed a hand over my face and exhaled heavily.Maybe I was indeed f
Axel"Hey, you're here."The moment Olivia opened the door, a warm smile appeared on her face. She stepped aside, holding the door open for me."Come in."I didn't move. For several seconds, I simply stood there and stared at her.Something about seeing her now felt different… Almost like I was looking at her for the first time.The woman standing in front of me was still Olivia. The same woman I'd seen countless times. The same woman whose smile I had become familiar with. The same woman whose presence had slowly become an unavoidable part of my life.Yet somehow… Everything looked different. Her voice, her eyes, even the way she smiled at me. The possibility that she could actually be my Anna kept ringing inside my head over and over again.Could my assumption really be right?"Axel?" Her voice pulled me out of my thoughts.I blinked.Olivia was staring at me with a slightly confused expression."Why are you still standing outside? Come inside."I cleared my throat and forced a smal
AxelI found myself standing here… in this same park where everything had supposedly begun more than a decade ago.The realization alone made my chest tighten. I'd been told that this was the park where I used to spend time with Anna. The park where we'd met and created some of the most precious memories of my childhood.Yet, despite knowing all of that, I'd never come here. Perhaps because I had always felt there was no need since Anna, the person who made the memories worth it, was already with me.But now, after everything that had happened… everything I had known for years suddenly felt questionable. Even the memories I'd held closest to my heart seemed to have developed cracks.Jasmine… wasn't my Anna?I shook my head.Maybe Natalie had gotten it wrong. People changed, people grew, and more than a decade was a really long time. We had been children back then. Maybe Natalie didn't remember everything correctly.But then… what about Jasmine? What about everything that had happened
Jasmine Collete finally turned toward Eunice and cleared her throat. “Mrs. Heather,” Collete said smoothly. “Please forgive Jasmine’s behavior. She can be… overly enthusiastic at times.” She glanced briefly at me, her gaze cool and disapproving. “She sometimes forgets where she is and how one ou
OliviaI kept tapping my leg against the floor, impatiently waiting for him in the private section of the restaurant.I checked my phone for the third time, then angrily dropped it back onto the table.Liam’s face flashed in my mind; his tired eyes, the pain in his voic
OliviaI shoved Axel hard with all my strength and fled toward my apartment building.The night air felt colder now, biting against my skin, but it did nothing to cool the anger burning in my chest.Why would he do that?Why would he kiss me like that, as if I were nothing more than something he co
AxelI stepped out of the car and straightened my jacket, my gaze lifting instinctively toward Olivia's apartment complex.I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone, and just as I was about to dial her number, she appeared, stepping out onto the pavement. For a split second, the world seemed







