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At 4 o’clock in the morning, Lena was sitting on the floor of her closet, leaning against the wall, dozing, with a grey toy wolf clutched in her beautiful but thin hands.The unexpected encounter with her old lover, Vincent, broke the wall she had tried so hard to build inside her. At that moment, it was the safety and happiness of both her children, Angela and Lucas, that stopped her from punching that son of bitch in the face, even killing him.After tucking Angela in as always, she went back to her own room and took out those toys, stationery, and clothes she had prepared for her poor son, Lucas.She knelt on the floor of the closet, caressed, and kissed every piece of those stuff as if they were her son himself. Tears couldn’t help but rush out of her eyes again. Lena hated herself even more for letting those two heartless monsters take away her child.She cried, cursed, begged, and prayed to God, wishing she could take a look at her son, even just a peek. That empty hole in her h

About an hour ago, after verifying her relationship with the boy, the detective asked her about the boy’s legal guardian, which meant his father.Lena tried. She asked the detective in despair, “Is it possible not to inform him? He will take away my poor child again. He doesn’t love him. He let him wander on the street in the middle of the night.”The detective felt sorry for her and the boy, but he had to stick to the law.“I am sorry. But it’s the law,” he said. “I have to inform his legal guardian and the social service. If the social service evaluated his father as an incompetent parent, you might get the boy’s custody back,” he added the last sentence kindly.Lena knew it was impossible because the Lanton Family was so fucking rich and powerful.The worst thing was, she couldn’t even try to hide the boy or escape from the country. If she did anything wrong and got caught, it would leave Angela parentless. She could never do that to her little girl, so she bit down the bitterness

Inside the police department’s official area, Lena was sitting there on the chair with Lucas still inside her embrace. The little boy had never loosened his arms around his mom even for one second ever since he recognized her.He still couldn’t speak, but his tight hug had explained everything to Lena. The little boy knew Talia wasn’t his real mom. He wanted his real mom.“It’s alright now, sweetie. Mommy has already found you. Mommy will never lose you again,” she said, kissing the little boy’s hair.The little boy heard what they had just talked about. He knew he wouldn’t be taken away from his mom soon. He felt relaxed a little.After both Vincent and Samuel went out, he finally loosened his arms around Lena’s neck and sat up on Lena’s lap. When he looked into Lena’s tearful green eyes with his big brown ones, he slowly curled up his lips and showed Lena a very faint and shy smile.It was the most fabulous smile Lena had ever seen. She couldn’t help but smile back.The little boy t

It had been almost a week since the last time Vincent met Lena.Ever since he stormed out of the police station, he had been avoiding meeting that woman or even thinking of her.He never went back to the clinic again and never set his foot on the square. Even during his break, he forbade himself from looking outside the window just in case saw her.None of those things worked though. She was like the poisoned apple, so dangerous but so delicious also, seducing him to fall into the purgatory of infidelity and taste the most fabulous pleasure.He loved her, and he wanted her.He missed her so much that every breath that came out of his lungs made his bones hurt, but he couldn’t have her, because she didn’t love him.The only woman on earth that he felt so crazy about didn’t love him back.Vincent thought through all sorts of possibilities. He just couldn’t figure out the reason.Why?Why couldn’t she just love him back?“That’s our final draft about the merger case in Berlin. What do yo

“Hi, sweetie, do you remember the little boy Mommy helped in the police department a few days ago?”After they finished the first picture book, sitting on the floor, Lena asked softly.The little girl nodded her head without looking at Lena. She reached out her hand for the second picture book. There was a second of weird silence between them.Lena then said, “Mommy has been meeting the little boy at Mommy’s workplace since then. He couldn’t speak like other kids did. Mommy is helping him get better.”Angela nodded her head again, still without looking at Lena. She and her brother were at the same kindergarten. She knew what was happening recently, and she felt a bit left out.If only Lucas could learn to speak faster, then they could all be together.Lena knew Angela was being upset. It happens when a child thinks someone is taking away their parents’ love. That’s the reason why she had to tell Angela the truth.“Listen, sweetie, look at Mommy,” she said nervously, and held the littl