His to Ruin, Hers to Reclaim.
For a heartbeat, it felt inevitable the kiss that would destroy everything, rewrite everything.
And then
“Mom!”
Lucas’s voice cut through the air like a blade. Sonia jerked back, and I stepped away instantly, my chest heaving. Lucas stood in the doorway, holding his toy car, his wide eyes blinking at the stress he’d just walked into.
Sonia ran toward him, smoothing his hair with shaking hands. “Hey, sweetheart, what is it?”
He looked between us, feeling something he couldn’t understand. “You were fighting again?”
“No,” Sonia said quickly, looking at me over his head. Her voice was gentle, but her eyes warned me: not now. “We were just… talking.”
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