out of the cafe. The intensity of the ga

ommunicate with t

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working with you," one of the assoc

twitched into a forced smile as he shook hands

gratulated each other. Noticing Owen's si

f the nation's top finance companies, yet he didn't f

st of the day. Do you want me to put a ca

replied, his eyes strained with tiredness. The libra

eed anything, s

after you," he declared firmly, causing his PA to jump a l

om the desk, the leather chair creaked in pr

ated on the upper f

ey'd been dreaming of, but Owen wasn't. He couldn't seem t

regnant for you, I don't love you, but I'm considerate

jolting him from his thoug

out that incident, and he instantly regre

his ex-wife, left him shattered and in agony, leaving remnants

him into pieces. Since then, he had stopped believing in lov

ocent victims of their fallout, and he always avoided

e said she would do with them. He had always lov

he was the happiest, until she became t

tion until she confirmed to him that the plan wa

ago were etched in his mind like scars. "I'm

d her hurtful words and betrayal, she had blac

ly when he was 15, and his mother was diagnosed with cancer

e saw Taylor, he fell for her and thought the storms in his life were fin

front these emotions, but the woun

cident and it felt like yesterday, h

himself, never allowing any woman to

lf from his seven-year-old kids who re

hing to do with them on other terms. He knew the

hen the kids had walked in, pleading

other nanny and left them in the study, the hurt

he study. He knew he had failed as a father and wished he

stable nanny, and he knew he needed to

deserved but was always reminded and haun

past but the voice kept ringing in his head. "I

e of the room, he tore off his suit jacket an

hower, letting the wa

ries until an image of hazel eyes flas

s eyeballs as if seeing all he had been

s soul, which seemed so transparent