My ex-husband left me because I couldn’t have children — 17 years later, I walked into his gala with four faces he never expected…

“I… I need time,” Gabriel whispered, desperation clawing at his voice.

Lucas let out a sharp, humorless laugh. “Lucky for you. We gave you seventeen years to get ready for this moment.”

The elevator doors slid shut, severing his gaze, leaving him stranded in the middle of the crowded gala, haunted by the ghosts of his own mistakes…

Three days after the gala, the doorbell rang…

I never thought I’d see him again, let alone in a place like this. The Wilshire Grand Hotel sparkled under the lights that night. The rooftop had been transformed into a dreamscape of scented candles, silk-draped tables, and a soft piano melody drifting over the glamorous Los Angeles skyline.

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