Chapter 141

SERAPHINA Three days had passed since that devastating announcement. For three days, I locked myself in the guest room—because I couldn't go back to our room, couldn't lie in the bed where we shared dreams and promises. For three days, Kaelos knocked on the door every morning, afternoon, and night, begging to talk. Three days I heard his broken voice behind the wooden door, and each time my heart broke with his. But I wasn't ready. I couldn't. Until this morning. I sat on the edge of the bed, my hands resting on my growing belly. Our baby—our, I reminded myself—moved gently, as if responding to its mother's touch. “What should I do, dear?” I whispered to my belly. “Your father... your father has another child now. A daughter older than you. But does that mean we have to give up on our happiness?” Of course, the baby didn't answer. But in that silence, something inside me began to clear. I love Kaelos. Despite the pain, despite the betrayal—unintentional or not—I still loved him with al