AMBROSE POV Her words hit me like a freight train.“I’m pregnant.”The world slowed to a crawl. Snow swirled around us, muted by the weight pressing on my chest. My gaze instinctively dropped to her stomach, and my mind raced.It wasn’t mine.It had to be Nolan’s.My son. My own flesh and blood. And yet… the thought of it made my chest twist in ways I couldn’t explain.I should have been happy for her. I should have congratulated her. But all I could feel was a strange mix of shock, longing, and jealousy....jealousy at a life I had no claim to, at a son I barely knew, at a future I hadn’t imagined.I forced a tight swallow and said, “Congratulations.”Ben froze. Her body stiffened, her arms wrapping tightly around herself. Her gaze bore into me, sharp and accusing.“Congratulations?” she repeated, disbelief and pain in her voice. “That’s all you can say?”I took a step back. “Ben… I—”“No!” she snapped. “Don’t. Don’t call me that. You disappeared eight years ago, Ambrose. You left m
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