Chapter 2 - The Lie That Destroyed EverythingAdrian stared at Elena as though looking at a ghost.
But ghosts did not breathe.
Ghosts did not tremble.
And ghosts certainly did not carry his child.
His eyes dropped to her stomach.
The realization hit him with such force that he nearly lost his balance.
“That baby…”
Elena instinctively moved her hand over her belly.
Adrian swallowed.
“Is it mine?”
She looked at him with wounded disbelief.
“You know it is.”
The words were quiet.
But they destroyed him.
Victoria stepped forward.
“She came here to manipulate you.”
Adrian slowly turned toward her.
“Don't.”
One word.
Nothing more.
Yet Victoria stopped.
Elena wiped the juice from her cheek.
“I tried to tell you.”
Adrian froze.
“What?”
“Twice.”
The room became unbearably silent.
“The first time, your security guard told me you didn't want to see me.”
Adrian's jaw tightened.
“The second time, I brought a letter.”
Victoria immediately interrupted.
“She is lying.”
Elena looked at Adrian.
“I believed you hated me.”
His chest tightened.
“Why?”
“Because Victoria told me you did.”
Adrian looked at his fiancée.
For the first time, he noticed something he had ignored for years.
Victoria wasn't shocked.
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She was afraid.
And fear was not the expression of an innocent woman.
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