Her Son, His Secret

and a sob. I lunged forward, not at Chloe

loe let out a shriek. "She'

tered on the carpet when Liam grabbed my a

Olivia?" he snarled, his face cont

my head hitting the edge of the wooden table with a sicken

When my vision cleared, Liam was k

The baby?" he was murmuring,

face in his shoulder. "She looked crazy.

ven glance in my direction. He didn't see the blood

his shoulder, he threw the words at me like stones. "Get out, O

was nothing compared to the agony in my chest. This wasn't my Liam. My Lia

ger. A monster weari

them there. I didn't look back. The

is old sweatshirts I used to sleep in, the worn copy of his favorite book. I packed them all into

him, just as h

ed and empty. The next morning, I w

cond, I thought he wa

nswered, my

e businesslike. "I need yo

my silence

us. "And since you have... well, you have a lot of free time now, I was hoping you could

o plan his wedding to another woma

t girlfriend plan your wedding?"

nt her to have the perfect day. She deserves

pped. A cold, hard rage

peated slowly. "Liam, d

he other end

accident. Do you remember how you held me for three days straight because I couldn't stop crying? Do you rem

he stammered, sounding flustered. "Olivia, that

ht our lost ch

th in my heart died out,

t cheerful. "My mistake. Of course, I'll help Chloe. A

ul wedding. And then, I would disappear from their lives