That child was Winnie's only connection to Ben.

She never expected him to call her at such a moment.

When Ben's name appeared on her phone, she answered immediately. However, not wanting Charlie to see her disheveled and emotional state, she stepped aside to take the call.

Ben's voice came through the line, cold and detached. "Winnie, I admit I approached you under a different name, but I've never done anything to harm you. And the child you're carrying, it's not mine."

His words hit her like a bolt from the blue.

If the child wasn't his, then whose was it?

That night, it was Ben who was by her side.

But then, he sent her a video. It was a horrifying one, showing those depraved playboys.

Everything became clear.

truth, not to clear his name but to stop her from harming an innocent child. Even in her madness, she couldn't bring herself to harm a child she had once protected with her heart. No matter how lost Winnie

it before? She had never truly crossed paths with someone like Ben before, someone so exceptional. And now she understood.

pawn. He didn't even bother to tell her his real name. All those times she reached out to him, all those moments she tried to get close, were met with indifference, if not outright disdain. Winnie took a deep, steadying breath and asked quietly, "Can I see you one last time? There are some things I need to say

feeling it would be better to put an end to the

meet in

that, she

Ben relayed the meeting to Jamie, who was still weak

given her bond with Charlie,

smile on Jamie's

love and bitterest resentment, had thrown herself into harm's way for a child who wasn't even

his friend Sean had said. "If you love her, then just love her. Why can't you

when you left me for a million dollars, did you ever

who had done everything

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