Chapter 0280

I’m seated in the living room, going over some words and numbers. If I ever want to go back to teaching.

then I need to relearn words and numbers

Iris was sleeping in a portable crib that I dragged from upstairs. I didn’t like the idea of leaving her in her room all by herself all the time. So here we are. She was just chilling while I basically studied all over

again.

My head was still reeling from everything I’d learned yesterday about Ethan. I still can’t believe that he played me in such a cruel manner. That I hadn’t suspected a thing during the months he and I were

together.

I don’t know what pushed me into his arms in the first place. Was it because Emma came back and I wanted Rowan to see that his relationship with her didn’t affect me? Or was it because I’d been so desperate and starved of affection that I’d fallen for the first man who showed interest in me?

It frustrated me that I didn’t know what had been going on in my mind when it all happened or what drove me. Unless I get my memory back, then I’ll always wonder what motivated my actions.

My phone rings, pulling me from my thoughts.

I pick it up, but unfortunately, I can’t read the number that was flashing on the screen. So far, the only numbers that were programmed on the phone were Rowan’s, the driver’s, my bodyguards, and Noah’s

school office.

After a second of debating whether to pick it, I tap on the green answering icon.

“Hello?” I ask tentatively..

don’t recognize the voice though it sounds

“Who’s this?”

the other side of the phone, making me feel terrible. It is obvious that I’ve

to hurt their feelings.

“It’s your mother,

seen her since we left the hospital. Rowan had told her and

the idea before they could

him was adopted by Kate and James. I then introduced him to Nora

clear my throat awkwardly. I honestly didn’t mean to hurt

sorry, I just didn’t know whose number it was, and I didn’t

quick to answer, “It’s

Rowan give you

for the fact that he had an important

hope you don’t mind,” she states with

How it is, I ended up as Kate and James daughter. He told me that it

a manipulative man. I mean, who does. that? Who the hell seduces and sleeps with the woman

my head around that

begins, pulling me from my thoughts. “I will be honest and direct. I miss you, Ava. You’re my daughter

her voice is clear as day. Witnessing it even through

honestly explain inside me.

her. It would destroy

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