{MATURE} 

"I was scared!" she cried, interrupting him. "You're a married man, you have a wife now, and I didn't want to ruin that. I didn't know how you'd react. And I didn't want my children… our children… to be caught in the middle of more pain."

He looked at her in shock, breath caught in his throat. "You just said… our daughter earlier," he said slowly.

Yes," she answered. "Jasmine and Hanith. They're yours."

Aaron's breath hitched, stumbled back a step, staring at her like he was seeing her for the first time again.

"You told me they weren't mine," he whispered.

"I lied," she admitted. "Because I was scared. I wanted to protect them. I thought if you knew, you'd take them away. And I also thought you wouldn't want them because you are married now."

"Five years," he murmured, his voice barely audible. "I had children... and never knew." He clenched his jaw, struggling to process everything. 

"They are your children," she said softly. "And now your daughter needs you." 

~**~
A single mother, Katherine Prescott was the perfect definition of a B3 classy lady—beautiful, brainy, and brave. She worked her ass off to ensure her children never lacked, building a name for herself while running from the unwanted attachment of the past.

But when the past she thought she'd left behind the day she fled with her babies came crashing against the walls she'd built—six years later—everything she buried resurfaced.

What if the forgotten spark and desires kept pulling her back into the very past she wanted to forget? What if her babies wouldn't stop asking about their father? Can she really give him a second chance at love… and risk losing herself to passion again?

Aaron Knight was a celebrity. He never believed he'd see her again. But there she was—still breathtaking, still beautiful as ever. He wasn't letting her go this time. He would get her back, by hook or by crook.

Two problems: he was married… and she was already a mother.

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Katherine rubbed her shoulder, trying to reassure herself that her kids would be alright and nothing would be wrong as she winced, her head throbbing from the memories.


The thought of her children being with Brenda made Katherine's skin crawl in disgust and pain.


And as she remembered the city her children were currently in, it made her wince many times. That city she vowed never to step foot in again. The city of her nightmares and yet again her kids were there without her—


Katherine couldn't keep her mind from twirling. She was scared—no, afraid. What if…


What if Brenda belittled her children? What if Brenda hit them? What if she poisoned them with words? What if Brenda shouted at them?


Katherine could hear her heart thudding in her ears as she paced around her apartment floor. She couldn't care about the eyes of people staring at her.


All she wanted was her children back in the comfort of her apartment.


Chapter 52 - You failed