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CHAPTER 11 Florence's sweet smile vanished the second she recognized who I was. I followed Sebastian to the big wooden front door despite all I wanted to do was run away. “What is she doing here?” Florence dripped with disgust or…I don’t know, angry? Nevertheless, I don’t care. “She’s my secretary, Mom. I have tons of work tonight. Don’t make this a big deal.” “I don’t like where this is going, Sebastian.” Florence looked at her son like he’d lost his mind so I decided to cut in before she could explode. “I’m not getting back together with your son, if that’s what you’re worried about.” But that didn’t stop their argument. After we ate dinner in Sebastian’s home office, I could still feel Florence’s disapproval. I caught her peeking through the office’s door more than once. It was almost midnight when Sebastian finally told me to go to bed. I instantly left him behind, answering some emails, and went to the guest room prepared for me. My foot froze mid-air when I heard

CHAPTER 13 I stopped feeling shy when I saw the food on the table. I sat in front of him and started munching then rolled my eyes secretly when I noticed he never looked at me again. “If you let me use this unit, I’ll take it and will pay you back,” I said. “Stop talking about money.” He sounded irritated in a way that was different from his usual irritation. "I'm the one who brought you here. You're my responsibility. That's why I told you to stay at the house.""Your mom doesn't want me there and—""I already told you she won't bother you. We talked." I bit my lip so hard it almost bled. Everything was piling on top of everything else and the weight of it was making my chest ache.I looked away. I was not going to cry in front of Sebastian.“I already explained to my parents that you’re just my secretary—”“Why did you even come back?”I gave him a bitter smile. "Why did you and your family come back? Why do you act like you never told me to abort our child.” Hot tears filled

CHAPTER 15 Later that afternoon, Heather and I picked up Sevi from King Royal Academy. He climbed onto my lap after hugging Heather who was in the driver’s seat. “How’s school, hmm?” “Teacher said she wants to talk to you again, Mom. About the exam.” Heather clapped proudly. "Wow, sounds like our baby genius got another perfect score!""Not really, Auntie Heath. Just a little bit.""So humble. That's why Auntie loves you so much." She reached over and smothered his cheeks with kisses.I texted Sevi's adviser that I'd come by tomorrow afternoon instead. I was still sorting through my documents to apply for jobs at other companies.My savings could keep us going for about six months without work. But as a mother, I couldn't afford to get comfortable. Anything could happen."Heath, is that car following us one of your bodyguards?" I'd noticed the car tailing us since we left the school. "I don't have bodyguards anymore,” she said, glancing at what I was looking at. Sevi looked

CHAPTER 17 “He’s not your grandson,” I corrected immediately. "You can't deny—""He's not Sebastian's son." I kept my voice firm even though I knew how ridiculous the denial sounded at this point. "He’s my son with someone else. Did Sebastian tell you our baby is alive? Well, he’s being delusional.”"My son doesn't need to tell me anything and—""I killed the baby just like Sebastian wanted," I cut in angrily. Florence froze. Her eyes widened as she stared at me in disbelief. “I gave him exactly what he asked for—to abort our child. I was so heartbroken so I looked for another man to get me pregnant again.” Tears started to form in my eyes."Nesha—""Why did you all have to come back? Our lives were quiet. My son and I were fine.""I'm sorry."I looked away when my tears fell. “That wouldn’t fix anything.” Florence lowered her head and left the room. I heard her soft sob right before the door clicked shut. I stayed frozen on the edge of the bed long after Florence closed the doo

CHAPTER 19 “We’ll talk later, Nesh.” Sebatian nodded while Sevi, mouth full, kept looking back and forth between us. "Eat some pancakes, Mommy. That's your favorite, right?”Sebastian’s eyes dropped to my plate. The pancake he had cooked for me was still untouched. I knew he was the one who'd made them. He used to know everything about me when we were together. It surprised me that he still knew those little things."Finish your food. We're going home.""But you haven't even—""Hurry up, Sevi." My son knew my tone when I meant business. There was nothing he could do about it but looked down right away. "You can stay here—" “I said we’re going home, didn’t I?” I snapped at Sebastian. In the end he just nodded. The two of them looked like scolded puppies sitting side by side. Lips slightly pushed out, silent, barely able to make eye contact with me.I wanted to groan when I realized just how much Sevi had picked up Sebastian’s habits. Sevi ran straight to Roman when he saw him