Kaelen I sat on the edge of the hotel bed, running my hands through my hair, trying to make sense of everything. The soft, ambient hum of the air conditioning was the only sound in the room, but my mind was anything but calm. The weight of Kaida’s words, the sight of her with that unmistakable baby bump—it was all I could think about. My children. She was pregnant with my twins, and she didn’t want me to be a part of their lives. It didn’t feel right, not at all. I wasn’t perfect, far from it. I had made mistakes, especially with how things ended between Kaida and me. But now, the stakes were so much higher. I couldn’t just walk away from this. If not for anything else, I owed it to those babies to try. I had a responsibility to them, even if Kaida hated me for it. But how was I suppose

