{MATURE} 
{SLOW BURN} 

"I was scared!" she cried, interrupting him. "You're a married man, you have a wife now, and I didn't want to ruin that. I didn't know how you'd react. And I didn't want my children… our children… to be caught in the middle of more pain."

He looked at her in shock, breath caught in his throat. "You just said… our daughter earlier," he said slowly.

Yes," she answered. "Jasmine and Hanith. They're yours."

Aaron's breath hitched, stumbled back a step, staring at her like he was seeing her for the first time again.

"You told me they weren't mine," he whispered.

"I lied," she admitted. "Because I was scared. I wanted to protect them. I thought if you knew, you'd take them away. And I also thought you wouldn't want them because you are married now."

"Five years," he murmured, his voice barely audible. "I had children... and never knew." He clenched his jaw, struggling to process everything. 

"They are your children," she said softly. "And now your daughter needs you." 

~**~
A single mother, Katherine Prescott was the perfect definition of a B3 classy lady—beautiful, brainy, and brave. She worked her ass off to ensure her children never lacked, building a name for herself while running from the unwanted attachment of the past.

But when the past she thought she'd left behind the day she fled with her babies came crashing against the walls she'd built—six years later—everything she buried resurfaced.

What if the forgotten spark and desires kept pulling her back into the very past she wanted to forget? What if her babies wouldn't stop asking about their father? Can she really give him a second chance at love… and risk losing herself to passion again?

Aaron Knight was a celebrity. He never believed he'd see her again. But there she was—still breathtaking, still beautiful as ever. He wasn't letting her go this time. He would get her back, by hook or by crook.

Two problems: he was married… and she was already a mother.

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This can't be happening. Katherine's eyes widened in fear as she clasped her hands on the hole in Aaron's chest, trying to stop the blood oozing out. Blood had seeped and stained his white shirt in a rapid, unthinkable way.


She can't lose him now when they just got together. Her Aaron—her hands trembling, tears rolling down her cheeks, each falling on Aaron's contoured face in pain.


Aaron wrapped her hands softly, smiling—his beautiful smile that she loved so much felt like a hellish nightmare now.


"Baby—" Aaron gasped softly, his voice so low as he detached his hand from hers and stretched the bloodied hand up, caressed her cheeks adoringly. "Don't cry, baby," he mumbled. "I hate to see you in tears," he wheezed.


"Why did you?!" she cried, her hands still applying pressure to his wound. "How could you do this? Why?!" she cried, her eyes frantically looking around to see people through her hazy eyes.


Chapter 105 - Can't Lose You