All Chapters of Sweetest Mistake: Chapter 111 - Chapter 113

Irene’s Point of ViewSomething felt wrong before anyone said a word.Not pain.Not fear.Just a strange heaviness beneath her skin, as if her body had already accepted a truth her mind hadn't caught up to yet.Then the words came.And nothing inside her was prepared for them.The news hit harder than it should have.Too hard.Irene blinked, trying to steady herself, but her thoughts kept drifting back to her mother. That worry had lived inside her for days now, constant and exhausting. She had convinced herself it was the reason she felt different.The reason she felt tired.The reason her emotions had been all over the place.Not this.Not a baby.A knot formed in her throat.Her fingers curled into the bedsheet as she stared ahead.She had only just found solid ground again.Only just learned how to breathe without waiting for something terrible to happen.And now there was another life depending on her.Another responsibility.Another reason to be afraid of losing everything."But

The first thing Irene noticed wasn't the shouting.It was the silence underneath it.The kind that settles into a room after too much damage has already been done.Too tense.Too sharp.As if everyone present was waiting for something else to break.She stepped forward anyway.Because someone had to.As Luna, she represented authority.But right now, that wasn't what mattered.Right now, she was the only adult in the room who wasn't letting emotions make decisions.And Ruby had already crossed a line.“I can take your son.”Her voice remained calm.Measured.Educated.She didn't raise it.She didn't need to.The certainty behind the words carried enough weight on its own.For a moment, Ruby simply stared.Then shock gave way to anger.Fast.Violent.“Don't you dare lay a hand on him anymore!”The room seemed to tighten around the words.Irene didn't react.Didn't blink.Didn't rise to the challenge.“Or what?” Ruby demanded.Her voice climbed higher.Louder.Shaking now.“What are you