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Beatrice POVForty-eight hours had never felt this long in my entire life.I had waited for important things before Business decisions,Family emergencies.But none of them had ever made time move so slowly.Early in the morning, I woke up thinking about the laboratory.Every night, I went to bed wondering what the report would say.And every time my phone rang, my heart jumped.I hated what I had become.A woman waiting for a piece of paper to tell her whether the impossible was actually possible.I sat at my desk with a stack of documents in front of me.I had been staring at the same page for nearly twenty minutes.I hadn’t read a single word.I sighed and pushed it aside.“What is wrong with me?”Normally, I could concentrate for hours.Today, my mind was somewhere else entirely.Daniel’s face kept appearing in my thoughts.The way Kieran looked at him.Then there was Elena.Her hazel-green eyes.Her quiet confidence.The children were different from each other, yet somehow they bo

Melissa POVThe investigator had called me earlier that morning with information I hadn’t expected.“There’s something strange happening,” he had said.I immediately sat up.“What?”“Beatrice Blackwell.”My brows drew together.“What about her?”“She went to a private laboratory.”My heart skipped.“Why?”“I don’t know yet.”“Then find out.”“I already did.”I waited.“She ordered a confidential DNA test involving Kieran Blackwell.”I froze.“Kieran?”“Yes.”My mind immediately began racing.Why would Beatrice secretly order a DNA test involving her grandson?What was she trying to discover?I sat down slowly.“Did you find out whose DNA was compared?”“No.”“Are you sure?”“The investigator who followed her only knows that Kieran’s sample was involved.”I pressed my fingers against my temple.“Nothing else?”“Nothing confirmed.”I ended the call.For several minutes, I sat completely still.A DNA test.She seemed to form a connection I couldn’t explain.I thought about everything tha

Aurora’s POVI should have known the photograph would cause trouble.The moment the camera flashed, something inside me tightened.Maybe it was the way Kieran stood between Daniel and Elena.Maybe it was the way Daniel held his hand without hesitation.Or maybe it was the way we looked together.Like a family.A real one.I tried not to think about it.I failed.By Sunday morning, my phone wouldn’t stop ringing.I woke up to dozens of notifications.Messages.Missed calls.Emails.Social media alerts.For a few seconds, I stared at my phone, confused.Then I opened the first message.Have you seen what’s trending?My heart dropped.I opened the link.And there it was.The photograph.Kieran standing between my children.Me behind them.Daniel holding Kieran’s hand.Elena leaning against his side.The picture had been taken from a perfect angle.Too perfect.I scrolled.My stomach twisted.BILLIONAIRE KIERAN BLACKWELL SPOTTED WITH MYSTERY WOMAN AND TWO CHILDRENAnother headline appeare

Aurora’s POVI knew something was wrong the moment I stepped outside the clinic.The afternoon air was cool, but the moment I saw the man standing across the street, I felt as though all the oxygen had disappeared from my lungs.Jason.He was leaning against a black car, his eyes fixed on the clinic entrance.Waiting for me.For six years, I had imagined what it would be like to see him again.Sometimes, I imagined myself screaming at him.Sometimes, I imagined walking straight past him as though he were a stranger.Sometimes, I imagined him regretting everything he had done.But I had never imagined this.The strange emptiness inside my chest.I didn’t hate him anymore.At least, I didn’t think I did.Hate required energy.And I had spent the last six years using every ounce of mine to build a life for my children.I had no room left for Jason Evans.I turned and started walking.“Aurora.”I kept going.“Aurora, wait.”His footsteps followed me.I tightened my grip around my handbag.

Kieran POVI knew it the moment Aurora walked into the conference room that something had changed.She smiled at everyone.She answered questions.She even laughed when one of the nurses made a ridiculous joke about the hospital cafeteria.But it was all wrong, too controlled and too careful.I have known her for a very long time now I would know when something is up.She had always been good at hiding her emotions. She never puts herself first,she puts people before herself. And now, after all these years, I was beginning to recognize the same walls going up around her.I watched her from across the room as she organized a stack of patient files.Her fingers paused over one of the folders.Only for a second.Then she continued.I narrowed my eyes.She was distracted…it was so obvious.What could be the problem.Since Jason had appeared in Manhattan, Aurora had become quieter. She avoided unnecessary conversations with me. She left the hospital earlier than usual. She stopped lingeri