My smile froze on my face.
A two–year–old who normally couldn’t even speak clearly had just pointed at me and clearly said
“homewrecker.”
If she was telling me nobody had coached him to do this on purpose, I wasn’t buying it for a second.
Ruby noticed my reaction and pretended to scold the boy.
“Theo!” she chided, feigning anger. “Watch your language! She’s your godmother and loves you so
much!”
Knox quickly covered the child’s ears.
“Ruby, don’t yell at him. Kids say the darndest things.”
Then he looked at me. “Aria’s my wife. And she won’t hold it against a toddler.”
I smiled bitterly from my corner of the sofa, feeling like an intruder in this perfect family portrait.
Wife? I was hardly Knox’s wife now.
And I’d never heard of any innocent “kids say the darndest things” moment where a two–year–old
points at someone and calls them a HOMEWRECKER.
Knox, oblivious to the inappropriateness, tried handing the child to me.
I immediately backed away. “I’ve delivered the food. I should go now.”
As I stood up, he grabbed my wrist with his free hand.
“Aria, I know you’re free right now. Perfect time to practice your parenting skills.”
I laughed coldly. “Knox, I might be stupid, but I’m not crazy. Why would I take care of your child with your mistress? If you two don’t find me awkward, I certainly find you both unbearable.”
As I finished, an eerie silence filled the room.
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Ruby was first to break it with her peacekeeping act.
“Honey,” she cooed, “you know I never planned to get married. The baby was just an accident. If it
bothers you, I can legally transfer custody to you. It won’t affect your marriage to Knox.”
She pushed playfully at Knox, deliberately brushing her chest against his shoulder.
“Go home with your wife,” she said sweetly.
“I’ve managed alone with him for two years. If Aria decides she wants to raise him, we can handle
the paperwork anytime.”
The boy in Knox’s arms suddenly burst into tears, as if sensing the tension.
Knox immediately panicked, frantically soothing the child, rocking him and wiping his tears.
Once the boy calmed down, he handed him to Ruby, finally free to turn his anger on me.
“Enough, Aria! Because of you, this child already lacks a father’s love, and now you want to separate
him from his mother too?”
“Besides, you’ve looked after him plenty of times, and he’s used to you. You better take good care of him, or you can forget about marrying me.”
His words crushed my chest like a boulder.
I couldn’t breathe.
I turned and rushed toward the door.
How dare he blame ME for the child lacking a father’s love?
Could he be any more absurd?
I couldn’t stay another second.
I hurried downstairs and got into my car, ready to escape.
But as I tried to close the door, Knox appeared, blocking it with his body.
His face tense, he gripped the door firmly.
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“Aria, I wanted to tell you about Ruby Knox, oblivious to the inappropriateness, tried handing the
child to me.
s pregnancy from the beginning. I never meant to hide it.”
“But she’s your best friend, and since she never planned to marry anyway, I figured once the baby was born, she’d eventually give him to you to raise.”
I stared at him in disbelief, my eyes burning red.
“Too bad you slipped up. I might have raised her child because she WAS my best friend, but NOW? You know exactly what she is, and I will NEVER raise a child you had with your actual
‘HOMEWRECKER“!”
Seeing me nearly hysterical, Knox didn’t comfort me. Instead, he sneered:
“You’re the Archer heiress, born with a silver spoon. Can’t handle this little hiccup? Even Ruby’s stronger than you–a girl from the wrong side of the tracks with more backbone.”
“I can’t argue with you anymore,” I said, taking a deep breath and pulling at the car door again.
But Knox suddenly grabbed my hand and yanked me into a forceful embrace.
“Stop crying,” he commanded. “I promise I’ll make it up to you, just not right now.”
I snorted bitterly, laughing through my pain as I kicked and pushed until I broke free.
“Don’t bother. We’re done.”
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