All Chapters of Wedcuffed: Chapter 271 - Chapter 274

Sarah POVSaturday | 9:12 AMSarah's Apartment.The knock came just as I settled Gabriel into his high chair with a half-mashed banana and his favorite teether giraffe. I wasn’t expecting anyone. Not this early. Not after the week we’d had. I padded barefoot to the door, brushing a loose strand of hair behind my ear, still in a faded sleep shirt and leggings with one of Gabriel’s oatmeal handprints near my hip.I opened the door, and there he was.Alessandro.In jeans and a navy sweater, casual in a way I rarely saw him. No tailored suit, no phone glued to his ear. Just him with his hair slightly wind-swept and a duffel slung over one shoulder. And a car seat carrier in his free hand.My brows lifted. “Are you having a midlife crisis?”He smirked. “Close. I’m kidnapping you. Both of you.”“Excuse me?”“Weekend getaway,” he said, his voice low and calm. “No, Adrian. No press. No emails. Just you, me, and Gabriel.”I blinked.He leaned slightly forward, lowering his voice. “I already cl

Adrian POVWednesday | 7:20 PMThe restaurant hadn’t changed. It remains faintly lighted, with salt-stained windows providing a foggy glimpse of the nighttime traffic. The faint hum of talking and clinking silverware enveloped me like a cloud, yet I scarcely heard anything.I was watching the door.It had been years since Sarah and I sat across from each other at this restaurant. Back then, we were still married, at least on paper. In public, we wore the mask of a polished power couple, the kind that people in our world admired and envied. But behind closed doors, the truth was far uglier. While Sarah tried to breathe life into a dying marriage, I was already suffocating it with my own selfishness. I was seeing Jessica on the side, recklessly. I convinced myself it was harmless, justified it as Jessica as my love, and Sarah as liability.The dinners we had at this very table were part of a script, a performance for our family, media, and our curated image. I’d show up in a tailored s