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Kiara

I woke up in the morning with an important decision to make.

Juliette knew the truth, and I knew she wouldn’t keep the secret for us no matter how much we begged. She had her stance, and I couldn’t change it.

I realized it was time to tell Jake the truth and try to reach an agreement. After thinking about it all night, I saw no other option. I felt trapped. Still, Jake could only be part of my children’s lives if he acted like a father.

I needed Juliette’s help for this. I wanted her on my side, supporting me and caring for her grandchildren. I needed her to help me talk to Jake if necessary, because he loved his mother, and with her insistence, I knew Jake might listen.

I got up with Thomas and asked him to talk to Juliette in the kitchen. My boyfriend had no idea what I was about to tell her. He probably thought I would ask his mother not to reveal the truth.

The tension in the room was palpable the moment Juliette saw us enter the dining room. She was already having br
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  • Two Loves, One Destiny   32

    Kiara Jake knocked on the door. I didn’t need to look to know it was him. He arrived on time, exactly as we had agreed. I knew he was just as restless as I was. When I heard the door, I was sitting on the couch, staring at the window. I had seen him arrive in his car, and a wave of nerves hit me mercilessly. I asked Thomas to go upstairs with Juliette and leave us alone so we could talk calmly. Thomas didn’t want to leave the house or leave me alone with Jake, but it wasn’t right for him to be there, so we agreed he would go upstairs. He wasn’t happy about it, but he understood the situation. He respected me. “Thomas,” I grabbed his hand before he left. He turned to look at me, worried and anxious. I smiled softly. “You will always be the father of my babies,” I assured him. He gave me a small smile and a quick kiss on the lips. He left, and I forced my legs to walk toward the entrance. I opened the door and found myself face-to-face with Jake’s dominant, imposing presence. Hi

  • Two Loves, One Destiny   31

    JakeMy phone rang in the morning.I looked beside me. Irina was still asleep, naked under the sheets.The caller ID didn’t recognize the number. I answered anyway.“Hello. Who is this?” I asked.There was silence on the other end.“Hello?” I insisted, not in the mood for nonsense.I thought it might be a prank call, and I was about to hang up when I heard a voice. A voice I recognized instantly, even though it made no sense that she would be the one calling me.“Hi, Jake.”“Kiara? Is that you?”“Yes, it’s me.”I went silent for a moment. A wave of nerves washed over me for some reason I couldn’t understand. Several guesses crossed my mind: Was this about what happened last night? Was she finally going to tell me the truth?I remained still, but when I saw Irina shift in bed, I knew it wasn’t a good idea to talk with her there. I got out of bed, almost naked, and walked downstairs to the living room.“I’m listening,” I encouraged her to speak.Every time I heard or thought about Kiara

  • Two Loves, One Destiny   30

    Kiara I woke up in the morning with an important decision to make. Juliette knew the truth, and I knew she wouldn’t keep the secret for us no matter how much we begged. She had her stance, and I couldn’t change it. I realized it was time to tell Jake the truth and try to reach an agreement. After thinking about it all night, I saw no other option. I felt trapped. Still, Jake could only be part of my children’s lives if he acted like a father. I needed Juliette’s help for this. I wanted her on my side, supporting me and caring for her grandchildren. I needed her to help me talk to Jake if necessary, because he loved his mother, and with her insistence, I knew Jake might listen. I got up with Thomas and asked him to talk to Juliette in the kitchen. My boyfriend had no idea what I was about to tell her. He probably thought I would ask his mother not to reveal the truth. The tension in the room was palpable the moment Juliette saw us enter the dining room. She was already having br

  • Two Loves, One Destiny   29

    KiaraI swallowed hard.“Mom, what are you doing coming into the room without knocking?” Thomas walked toward her, trying to get her out of the room.Juliette looked at my belly.Damn it.I wanted the earth to swallow me whole.It was one thing to ask Thomas to keep the secret, but asking Juliette was something entirely different. She was Jake’s mother. She didn’t want to pick sides, but when it came to a truth like this, I knew she would die before keeping it from Jake.“Go to sleep. Kiara is too tired to talk right now.” Thomas tried to send her away, but she wouldn’t allow it.She slipped out of her son’s grip.“No! Don’t try to kick me out.”She pushed her son aside and took a few steps toward me.“Kiara…”“I don’t know what you heard, Juliette, but it’s not what you think,” I tried to come up with a lie, but nothing coherent would form.Either way, she cut me off.“I heard perfectly well what you said. Jake was right: they’re his children,” she said, looking at me in horror.The

  • Two Loves, One Destiny   28

    KiaraI was shattered. Worried.The worst part? I felt alone.I know I wasn’t. Thomas was with me, but he was part of my problem.After the fight between Thomas and Jake, I had to eat dinner in bed. Thomas forced me to eat, but I had no appetite. Still, I kept the promise I’d made to my doctor and to myself. I had to feed myself to stay strong, and I couldn’t let the situation with Jake break me.I set the tray aside on the bed. Thomas was sitting at the edge, near my bare feet. He didn’t speak, so he wouldn’t interrupt my dinner, but I knew there were words stuck in his throat.Ever since what happened, we’d barely talked about it. I was angry at Thomas for starting a fight, but in a way, I felt grateful he’d beaten Jake up.What did Jake want from me? After everything that happened, did he now want to take my children from me?I know he didn’t say it that way, but how long would it take until Jake tried?If Jake discovered the truth, everything would fall apart. I know Jake would us

  • Two Loves, One Destiny   27

    KiaraMy chin trembled desperately when I heard Jake’s words. He called me a whore.Me… The person who had always been there for him, every moment, and who never betrayed him. But I was the whore. The villain of a badly told story. He was the real villain. Not me.I didn’t deserve that treatment. I didn’t deserve those cruel words that hurt me. I never thought anything else Jake could say would hurt me after everything that happened, but he managed to hurt me again. Not even his marriage to Irina hurt as much as hearing him call me a whore.I felt so much rage inside that I wanted to hit him, but I knew I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t do that to myself, because a physical fight would hurt my babies. But Thomas didn’t let Jake’s comment pass.In the blink of an eye, Thomas lunged aggressively at his brother and punched him in the face.Jake fell to the ground instantly. I knew perfectly well he wouldn’t just stay still after that. Jake would hit back. Jake was not the kind of man you hi

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