All Chapters of Two Loves, One Destiny: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

JakeThe party was full of people from the company: assistants, receptionists, partners, and cleaning staff. The organization of the event was something my assistants handled because I didn’t have time to think about parties. I didn’t like them, to be honest, but my mother and father always hosted them in past years, so it had become a tradition.I shouldn’t have felt nervous, but I was. I wasn’t used to that feeling, but the last few days of my life had taken chaotic turns.I stood beside Irina, my wife. She spoke animatedly with a group of partners while my mind was somewhere else. Or rather, with someone else. Someone I knew would be attending the event. As if my thoughts had summoned her, Kiara and Thomas appeared through the huge entrance doors of the hall.I saw her looking so beautiful. Kiara. My ex-wife, the mother of my children. And my brother’s girlfriend…She walked in holding Thomas’s arm, clinging to him as if he were her protector.My breath stopped without my permissio

Kiara Thomas wanted me to go with him to the office that morning, so I got up early alongside him to accompany him. He said he liked knowing I was close so he could take better care of me, even if we weren’t together all the time. It comforted me too, watching him move confidently between meetings, calls, and paperwork, as if that corporate world were a natural extension of him. This morning, however, something felt different. Maybe it was the exhaustion, or maybe it was the thoughts that had refused to leave my mind since the other night. He wasn’t angry with me, but I felt him acting strangely. I don’t know if Juliette had told him that I overheard a conversation between Jake and her. Around noon, my phone vibrated. It was a message from Thomas saying he wouldn’t be able to have lunch with me and that he’d send me money so I could eat something on my own. I left the building at a slow pace, car

Kiara Thomas’s clothes were perfectly folded inside his suitcase. He closed it, making sure he hadn’t forgotten anything, and lifted it off the bed. The sound of the suitcase scraping along the floor echoed down the hallway. He checked once more that everything was in order. I held my stomach, trying to ease the sudden nausea that had appeared, but I couldn’t. “I don’t like leaving you,” he finally said, turning toward me. “Still, I know it’s for the best because I can’t take you on a trip like this. I wish I could. You know that. But I know you’re right, it’s not a good idea.” I nodded, but inside a part of me shrank. When Thomas was near, I felt protected, and now that he was leaving, I wouldn’t have him with me for a couple of days until he returned. The doctor had been clear that I shouldn’t take many risks, and getting on a plane to New York didn’t sound appealing. It was just for work. Besides, I felt tired enough as it was. I needed calm, stability. “I’ll be fine,” I assur

JakeThe house was surrounded by the sound of rain and thunder. The storm had no intention of stopping anytime soon.The sound of cutlery against Kiara’s plate was soft, almost domestic, but we weren’t talking, and that made it strange. Kiara ate in front of me, focused, with that expression she got when she was truly hungry and lost in her thoughts. I watched her more than I focused on eating, and that was already a problem for me.My phone suddenly vibrated.The screen lit up on the table, breaking the small balance that had formed between us. I didn’t need to look to know, but I did anyway. It was Irina. Her name glowed clearly, and Kiara didn’t take long to notice it.I felt the air between us change.Kiara looked away for just a second, but it was enough. Her hand froze over her cutlery, and her expression tightened. She didn’t say anything right away. She stood up slowly, her body seemingly heavy, her hands resting on her belly. She always had her hands there. She always protect

KiaraThe sound of the phone knocked the air out of my chest. Well… I didn’t have much air left in my lungs anyway because of how close we were. It vibrated hard against the counter, an insistent sound that was impossible to ignore. It shattered the silence, the tension that wrapped around Jake and me. I felt our hands separate, the emptiness that came from not having his warmth with me. It was as if the universe had pulled us apart in a single blow, as if it didn’t approve of this.I looked at the screen.Thomas.He had no idea what was happening here with Jake. Nothing was happening exactly, but… who was I kidding? I didn’t really know what was happening. But something was.My heart lurched suddenly. I felt Jake tense in front of me and saw clearly how his eyes dropped to the phone before lifting to look at me again. He understood immediately who it was, and I know he didn’t like what he saw.I swallowed hard and took the phone with trembling hands. Empty hands, without Jake’s warmt