The buried pain from all these years suddenly surged back to me like an inescapable nightmare. I bit my lip hard, trying to contain it. How could I ever forget the day I nearly lost my life, and the child I never got to meet, all because of this vile man?
Indirectly, he had almost killed his own child, hadn't he?
And now, here he stood, daring to accuse me of hiding our child from him, as if he wasn't a monster himself?
Tears began streaming down my face, soaking my onceresilient features. I didn't want to break down in front of him, but the years of heartbreak, loneliness, and bitterness erupted inside me like a flood. Even now, Alain hadn't changed at all. He was still the same vile person who destroyed everything in his path.
Seeing me in such a state, Alain showed no sign
