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[Olivia’s pov]The city lights blurred past the tinted windows in long streaks of gold and white, but my mind barely registered.I sat rigidly in the backseat, my fingers curled tightly over the fabric, while the other hand rested instinctively over my stomach.I shifted slightly, trying to ease the ache in my lower back. Immediately, Carter’s head turned. “Are you alright?”For a second, I just stared at him. He looked almost irritated at himself for asking. “I’m fine,” I murmured.His gaze dropped briefly to my stomach before he looked away. The gesture was so fleeting I might have imagined it.Before either of us could speak again, the car jerked violently. I gasped as my body pitched forward.Carter’s arm shot across my chest instantly, stopping me from slamming into the seat ahead.The tires screeched. The driver cursed. “What the hell—” The car came to a hard stop.My pulse exploded.“What happened?” Elara snapped.The driver’s voice trembled. “There’s a vehicle blocking the roa

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[Olivia’s pov]The drive felt unreal.I sat in the backseat of Pierce’s car, my fingers locked tightly together in my lap. My mind had splintered into too many pieces to process any of it properly.A brother.I had a brother.Across from me, Pierce sat in complete silence. He hadn’t tried to force conversation. Hadn’t pressured me to ask questions I wasn’t ready to voice.For that, I was strangely grateful.It gave me space to breathe. Though breathing itself felt difficult. My hand drifted instinctively to my stomach, fingers spreading protectively over the gentle curve there.Pierce’s gaze flicked briefly to the movement.Something softened in his expression.But he said nothing.Outside, the city gradually thinned into quieter streets lined with towering hedges and sprawling estates hidden behind elaborate gates.Wherever we were going, it was far from the chaos Carter had left behind. That thought twisted painfully in my chest.I tried not to think about him. About the look in his

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[Olivia’s pov]Pierce smiled and nodded. “Yes.”My breath caught. “She knows?”“Of course she does.”I stared. “You told her?”Pierce’s smile deepened, almost fond. “Olivia, Nina is my fiancée.” The way he said it made the answer obvious. Still, he added, “I don’t hide anything from her.”Something about that struck me deeply. The quiet certainty in his voice. The absolute trust.“And she’s okay with this?”He looked genuinely confused. “Why wouldn’t she be?”“I don’t know,” I admitted. “It’s… a lot.”His expression softened further. “She cried when I told her.”That startled me. “She did?” How many people had known pieces of my story while I’d stumbled blindly through life believing I was alone?How much had been kept from me?The thought was dizzying.Pierce must have seen the panic beginning to creep into my face because he stepped closer. “Hey.” His voice was gentle. “You don’t have to figure everything out tonight.”I looked at him and tears burned unexpectedly behind my eyes. “T

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[Carter’s pov]A day earlier…..The first thing I noticed when I stepped into my office was Ronan. My blood boiled seeing that he dared to walk in my office. The fucker had the audacity to make moves on my wife.The second was Pierce standing half a step behind him, hands clasped loosely behind his back like he had all the patience in the world.And the third…the third was the sudden, immediate urge to break both their jaws. I knew Ronan but whomever the fuck was the other guy; I didn’t get a good feeling from him either.My hand tightened around the doorknob.Every muscle in my body went rigid.For half a second, no one spoke. Nobody even dared to move at all. The silence inside the room stretched taut, sharp enough to cut our egos.Ronan and I glared at each other.Sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind my desk. Of all the people I expected to find waiting in my office this morning, Ronan had been at the absolute bottom of the list.Actually, no.He wasn’t eve

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[Carter’s pov]This was about Olivia.About her protection.That realization unsettled me. Because if Ronan was here for her, then something was very wrong. He leaned back. “That pregnancy changes everything.”I said nothing.He continued. “It invites complications from everyone around you.”Understatement of the century because I knew he was right. My jaw tightened. “What exactly are you getting at?”His eyes darkened. “I know what’s happening.” Ice slid down my spine. “With Camilla, your father.”The name alone was enough to spike my pulse. Ronan held my gaze. “And how Olivia is dealing with all of this mess.”The room suddenly felt smaller. Every instinct sharpened. How much did he know? How the hell did he know anything? As if reading the question in my face, he said, “I have resources. Don’t worry, Olivia didn’t tell me anything. She didn’t have that much faith in me.”Of course he did.Still, unease gnawed at me. Because if he knew, then others could know too. And if others kne

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[Olivia’s pov] The city glittered below like a thousand scattered stars. I never knew Pierce was this filthy rich. From the enormous window of my room, the estate grounds stretched endlessly into the darkness. Fountains shimmering silver beneath moonlight, lanterns glowing softly along winding stone paths, trees swaying gently in the night breeze.It should have felt peaceful.The kind of view people paid obscene amounts of money to wake up to.But my mind was far too loud for peace.I stood barefoot against the cool polished floor, arms wrapped tightly around myself, staring blankly through the glass.Everything still felt impossible. The revelation about Pierce. The overwhelming reality that I had a brother.The sudden shift from believing I was entirely alone in this world to discovering I had family, who had somehow been searching for me.It was too much.Too fast.And beneath all of it lingered the ache I couldn’t quite suppress. I was equally worried about Carter. I kept wond

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[Olivia’s pov]I stared at her. “No! No wonder he showed the same scar to Carter before bringing me here. That is how he convinced him to let me go with him.”“Yes.” Her voice was gentle. “He has the exact same scar and that is how he came to know about you. I mean how else would he have suspected you were related to him. It had been years.”Warmth surged violently through my chest.Overwhelming.Disorienting.I covered my mouth with both hands as the full realization crashed over me. That was the moment. The moment Pierce first looked at me and saw something impossible.Something familiar. Something that made him question everything. The thought hit me so hard tears instantly burned behind my eyes. “Oh my God,” I whispered again.Nina reached for my hand, gently pulling it away from my face. Her fingers laced through mine. “Well, in all honesty, Pierce didn’t say anything to me right away.”I blinked rapidly, trying to steady myself. “What happened then? How come he became sure I am

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[Carter’s pov]I found my mother in the lounge exactly where I’d expected her to be. I had brought her here to my other estate but somewhere deep down it had caused plenty of questions in her mind.Her life was also turned upside down.Her husband was actually cheating on her.My mother had no idea about it.She was sitting perfectly upright on the cream velvet sofa. Her hands folded neatly in her lap, looking as composed as if we’d simply arrived early for afternoon tea.Instead of fleeing one estate for another under circumstances that made my stomach churn. The lounge of this house was quieter than the manor. I had it done for our vacation with my child.The one Olivia aborted.And I still could not bring myself to forgive Camilla for it. She was the reason Olivia misunderstood everything. Deep down I blamed myself equally for letting it happen.But now was the time to fix things.The first thing I had to do now was talk to my mother. The walls were lined with pale oak paneling, t

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[Carter’s pov]“Sahl knows how to deal with such things. If Camilla is worrying you, just tell him.”My stomach dropped. The casual faith in her voice hit harder than anything else could have. She squeezed my hand. “You should call him.”I closed my eyes.For a moment, I genuinely couldn’t breathe. The cruelty of this was unbearable. Even now, even after all these years, she still believed in him.Still trusted him.Still thought he was the man who would protect us.My throat tightened violently. “Mom–no.” I lowered my head. A sharp, involuntary sniff escaped me. Her hand immediately moved into my hair, comforting and soothing.The way she used to when I was a child and nightmares sent me stumbling into her room at midnight. The tenderness shattered whatever control I had left.I gripped her hand tighter. “Mom, please. Listen to me.” I nearly bit my lips as I forced the words out. “Dad isn’t coming back and I would not even let him come near us.”Silence.Her fingers stilled. Slowly,

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[Carter’s pov]For several unbearable seconds, my mother didn’t move. She didn’t blink, didn’t speak. She just sat there, her body rigid against the velvet sofa. Her gaze fixed somewhere far beyond the room as though her mind had retreated to some unreachable place where this truth couldn’t touch her.The silence gnawed at me.This wasn’t my mother.Elara Velcro had always been composed. Controlled. Graceful under pressure in ways most people could never understand.Even in pain, she carried herself with impossible dignity. Seeing her like this shattered me, she was vacant of any emotion.Broken open by a betrayal decades in the making, it made something primal and vicious claw through my chest. I couldn’t bear it. “Mom.” My voice cracked.Nothing.I reached for her shoulders carefully. Still no reaction. Panic began to rise, sharp and immediate. “Mom, look at me.”Her eyes remained fixed ahead. My pulse kicked harder. I tightened my grip and gave her a gentle shake, then another, ha

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