Isabelle’s office buzzed with the kind of post-launch energy she should’ve been reveling in—back-to-back meetings, a flood of emails, endless calls from investors and partners eager to keep the momentum going. The launch had been a resounding success, the kind most companies only dreamed of. It should’ve been enough to keep her focused.
But even in the middle of the chaos, she felt the weight of the twins’ stories from the night before still lingering in her mind.
“Daddy made everything so fun.”
Elliott’s words kept circling back, brushing against that fragile part of her that worried and hoped in equal measure. The twins deserved this happiness—deserved a father who showed up. But the ease with which they were falling into Sebastian’s orbit scared her more than she wanted to admit.
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