Chapter 1 The Moment Heart Breaks\u00a0<\/p>\n
47\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett Theron pulled into Oakland Villa around ten that night. It was the fifteenth-her ovulation day, a date she\u2019d marked on her calendar weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett already had a daughter, but her husband\u2019s parents, Amanda and Richard Stewart, had been gently urging her to have a second child ever since.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In most other families, she might have playfully joked about their eagerness-half-teasing whether they had some special legacy to look forward to. But the Stewarts? As Rivergate\u2019s wealthiest family, with a multi-billion-dollar fortune, everyone knew they hoped to welcome another male heir into the family, someone who could eventually be part of carrying on their family\u2019s legacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she walked into the bedroom, her husband Vincent Stewart was already in bed, waiting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t say a word\u2014no \u201chello\u201d, no \u201chow was your day\u201d-just moved into action like they were checking off a chore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three minutes later, Vincent rolled out of bed and headed for the bathroom to clean up, leaving Scarlett lying there, still in her clothes, feeling more like a tool than a wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vincent emerged a few minutes later, pulling on his shirt with his back to her. \u201cKeep tracking your cycle,\u201d he said flatly. \u201cCall me if the test comes back positive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was how it had been for all five years of their marriage-him, quiet as a stone, cold as\u00a0<\/p>\n
winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their marriage was just a show-something to tell the press and the Stewart elders that everything was \u201cnormal\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlett knew about Vincent\u2019s other woman, of course. She\u2019d scrolled through every one of his social media accounts, dug through old <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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