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Judy’s POVFeeling the force of the pull, I already knew who it was.The grip was firm, urgent, not the kind that came from hesitation. It carried weight. Intent.Who else could it be?John cannot pull me that way. He respected me enough that he bows to me every time. He would never cross that boundary, not even by mistake.Or was it the male lead?No. That thought faded as quickly as it came.He was always shy to look me in the face whenever we were off set. A man like that would not suddenly grow bold enough to grab me like this.That left only one person.“Mr Baker.” I said without looking back at him.“Did you see another leaf on my shoulder?”I kept my tone calm, almost casual, as if nothing about this moment was unusual.He hesitated for a second.That hesitation said everything. He had not expected that response.“Who are you really?” he asked. His voice desperate.There was no control in it anymore. Just urgency. Confusion. Something close to fear.I turned to him. Looked at h

Lucas’ POVMy heart pounded immediately. How could it not?If I were ever a twin, I’d have easily believed that my twin brother or sister had given birth to a child who looked like us entirely.But I was never a twin. That was a fact I had lived with all my life. Yet, right now, that fact felt unreliable.Because this boy was standing right in this tent, holding a toy car in his hand and playing with it, imagining himself being the driver of it and humming this familiar song to it.The sound hit me before the meaning did. Soft. Carefree. Innocent.And then it sank in.That song.My chest tightened.This was no coincidence. Or, was it?I stepped in with one foot forward slowly. My hands shaky as my heart continued to pound. Each step felt heavier than the last, like I was walking into something that could not be undone.I remembered it. The folklore.Under the moonlight, back then twenty years ago, my father told me a story.He noted that each human was created by science in double pie

Lucas’ POV“What are you gonna do?” Henry asked.I paced around the room. My heart hammered right in my chest. The question lingered heavily in the air, pressing against my thoughts. To think Judy could do this to me was so unreal.“How could she do this?” I blurted before I could think twice about it. The words came out rough, filled with disbelief.“What do you mean how could she do this to you?” Henry sounded.“You clearly didn’t want her. You hated her and you punished her all through the marriage until her sister returned and you divorced her, remember?” he reminded me.His words hit harder than I expected. I stopped pacing for a second, my chest tightening.“I know but…” I swallowed hard. The defense I wanted to give refused to come out.I turned away from him and stood at the front of the wall. My heart aching as memories I had buried for years began to surface without warning.Five years ago, I lost my son. He was the world to me. Two years after marrying Claire, she gave birt

Judy’s POV“Okay. Good! Good! Now we head to the ship, we’re gonna make it look better than the Titanic.”“Michael you ready?”“Lexies, you ready?”“Let’s move it!”John said the instant we concluded the first scene for today, his voice carrying the urgency that had followed us since dawn. We had no time to waste and neither did I. We’d arrived so early at the location, long before the sky fully stretched into morning. The shooting of the scene started at 4am on the dot and being professional like I was, I’d already made sure to be there since 3:50am, prepared in every way that mattered.In the same manner, Thatcher had assured me to babysit Jonathan today since their school was still on the emergency break. That had been one less thing to worry about.And I trusted her. Why not, she has been working with me for years since I was in France and never had a bad record with me. Trust did not come easily to me anymore, but Thatcher had earned it over time, quietly and consistently.Pushin

Lucas’ POV“Are you saying you want to buy her distribution right, right?” John asked. His brows pulled together, like he was trying to understand how far I was willing to go.“Yes,” I answered without hesitation.“I can see that she gave a condition in the contract that after one year of releasing this movie, the distribution right goes to her. But think about it, John. Why should we let her have the distribution right? This movie can give us a good amount of revenue for the next ten years.” My voice remained calm, but my mind was already racing ahead, calculating every possible outcome.“This is going to be the very best seller we have been waiting for. The Baker’s Production will buy the right from the Sunshine Production after one year of release. But I know that this is not fair on Ms Kingpin’s part, so I am going to make this a win-win situation for everybody. After all, I am the major investor at the Sunshine Production.” I leaned slightly forward, making sure every word carrie