CHAPTER 32: THE CHILD THEY NEVER KNEW
The rain continued falling over Blackwood City.
But Damien no longer felt the cold.
He stood frozen in the darkness behind the abandoned warehouse, unable to move.
Marcus's words kept repeating in his mind.
Ariana was pregnant when you disappeared.
Seven years.
Seven years of believing he had only lost the woman he loved.
But there had been something more.
A child.
Their child.
Damien closed his eyes.
For a moment, he wasn't the billionaire CEO of Blackwood Group.
He was just the young man who once dreamed of building a family with Ariana.
He remembered her smile.
Their promises.
The future they planned together.
And now he knew she had carried that dream alone.
Until fate took it away.
"Damien..."
Marcus's voice pulled him back.
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