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A Mother's Heart, A Cruel Lie

A Mother's Heart, A Cruel Lie

Author: Gavin
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Chapter 1 

Word Count: 1780    |    Released on: 19/07/2025

sixth birthday. For six years, I'd been the loving wife of tech

informed me that according to the official bi

liana Dudley-my hu

ind his door. My entire marriage was a sham. I was chosen because I re

than a free nanny and a "comfortable pl

my heartbroken state and the

daughter sneered, bef

cracking against the post. As I lay

me on the floor, and then promised to take

real mom," my daughter

lly understood. The six years of love I had p

ir wish w

pte

h in my heart. Today was the day. For their sixth birthday, I was setting up a trust fund fo

anager, a man with a kind smile named Mr. Henderso

Alex." For six years, I' d been Mrs. Dunlap, wife to the

ile fading slightly. "Just a rout

looked from his screen to me, then back aga

for a single transfer?" I asked, m

e hesitant. "The system is rejecting y

hy? Is there a mistak

According to our records, the legal mother of K

punch. "What? That's impossible. I'm

screen slightly towards me. "The system lis

na D

' s first love. The woman he' d talked about with a sad, dis

re must be a mistake. A

y. "The birth certificates are d

last six years: sleepless nights, first steps, scraped knees

harshly against the floor. "

city's noise a dull roar in my ears. My mind was a blank sl

xplain this. It was a clerical

ering wheel. The building, a gleaming tower of glass and st

ised to see me. "Mrs. Dunlap!

or to his corner office was slightly ajar. I heard voices from inside. Gavyn's voi

ia

d frozen just inc

does she?" Iliana's voice

thinks they're hers. She's a good mother,

ad spread

six years. Honestly, Gavyn, it was a brilliant plan. Finding a woman who look

n my throat. Sham

dren. They have your eyes, Iliana. Your talent. Alex's genes wo

. The IVF. The doctors telling me they were using my eggs and his sperm.

his voice was the worst part. "She's always been a bit simple. Thinks

rld spun. I clutched the

own wedding, a cheap dress torn at the hem, escaping a man my family had sold

had a crush on for years, a figure from a different world. He looked at m

. "A placeholder. Someone to give me children. You look

en. A woman with my shade of h

escape, I had agreed. I thought I could make him

entive, and generous. He praised my parenting. He held me at night. I had allowed myself t

or the children wasn't because they were a product of our love, bu

the cold, sterile hallway, the t

at mirrored the storm inside me. The rain soaked me to the bone, but I co

my face, tears mixing with the water streaming dow

st called. The rain is getting heavy,

inct, of love, sparked in the darkness. "Yes,

ion in mind. Eventually, my body took me home.

ine floor. Kennith and Kaelynn were at t

Kaelynn c

and pathetic state. Her smile vanished, rep

hat," Kennith added, his arms c

ttered, broke into sm

he carpet," Kaelynn said, her vo

balance, emotionally and physically exhausted. I tumbled backward, my head h

ere, stunned, looking up at them. They

lau

Kennith sneer

Iliana. He saw me on the floor, a trickle of blood ru

s?" he asked, h

"Can we go with Iliana now? She p

indifferent, before he smiled at the c

ver once looking my way again. The chi

ynn said to her brother, just loud enough f

ennith whispered ba

eaving me in the silent, empty house, lyi

ed up from my chest. It wa

Iliana was t

ir wish w

e lies, done with the pa

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