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Chapter 151

POV: Nova I ran from that penthouse like the devil himself was chasing me. My mother. It had all been about my mother. The text, the panic, the desperate need to get to her—and it was all a lie. A trap. Another one of Darren's sick games. The car that had brought me was gone. The street was empty

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Chapter 152

"Stop looking at it," Kai said gently, taking my phone. "I can't. I need to see what he's done. I need to—" My voice broke. "This was my life, Kai. Music was everything to me. And he took it away with a few fake photos and the right spin." "Your talent didn't go anywhere. Your voice didn't disappe

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Chapter 153

POV: Kai "If I stay with you, will it all end?" Nova's question hung in the air between us like a blade. She looked at me with eyes that had given up, eyes that had decided love wasn't worth the cost. I'd never been more terrified in my life. "No," I said firmly. "Staying with me won't end it. B

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Chapter 154

**"Grammy Winner Nova Black May Be Victim, Not Villain"** Nova watched the news coverage with tears streaming down her face, but this time they were different. Hope, maybe. Or just disbelief that the tide was turning. "You did this," she whispered. "You actually did this." "I'm not done." I pulle

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Chapter 155

POV: Nova I called my brother seventeen times before he finally answered. "Nova?" Jake's voice was rough, scared. "I saw the news. I swear I'm trying to stop, I just need a little more time to—" "How long?" I cut him off. "How long have you been dealing?" Silence. Then, quietly: "Two years. Mayb

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Chapter 156

"Nova," he breathed against my skin. "Tell me you want this. Tell me you're not just—" "I want this. I want you. I want to feel something other than broken." We fell onto the bed together, shedding clothes and defenses and everything that stood between us. This wasn't like before. This wasn't gent

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Chapter 157

POV: Kai I drove to three different pharmacies before finding one far enough from the city that no one would recognize us. Nova sat in the passenger seat, silent and pale, staring out the window like she was watching her life pass by. Every few minutes, her hand would drift to her stomach, then dr

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Chapter 158

"There are paternity tests—" "That require either a risky procedure while I'm pregnant or waiting until after birth. Either way, I'm carrying a child for nine months without knowing if I'm bound to you or bound to him forever." The weight of it hit me all at once. A baby. Nova was pregnant. And I

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Chapter 159

"You're a monster." "I'm a realist. And here's what's real: that baby is my trump card. If it's mine, she'll have to co-parent with me for eighteen years. If it's yours, her reputation is destroyed forever. There's no way out of this where she walks away clean." "We'll find a way." "No, you won't

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Chapter 160

POV: Darren The morning show lighting was perfect. Soft, flattering, making me look like the concerned husband I was pretending to be. "So Darren," the host leaned forward with practiced sympathy, "the whole world is talking about your wife's pregnancy announcement. How are you holding up?" I let

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