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I burst out of the press conference as if jolted awake from a nightmare.”
I didn’t care about my assistant calling after me, nor about Harper–now the target of a storm of public outrage inside the hall. All I wanted was to rush home.
I sprinted into the parking lot, yanked open the car door, and slammed my foot on the accelerator, the tires screeching as I shot toward home.”
I couldn’t even tell what exactly was running through my mind. There was only one thought–get back to Freya as fast as possible and tell her that what happened between me and Harper was nothing but an accident.”
The truth was, the woman I loved… had long since become Freya.”
I had to get there quickly–faster than fast–and explain everything to her.”
As for the past, I no longer blamed her.N
From now on, I would send Harper and her child far, far away.”
After all, the children Freya had carried with Macsen were already gone. I could let go of all the bitterness and the grudges.
All I needed… was for Freya to stay and live out her life with me.
The thought alone made a smile creep onto my face.”
Yes, that was it. That was exactly what I wanted.
With that, I sped through ten red lights before finally reaching the villa.
The moment I stepped out of the car, my phone began to ring again. It had been buzzing non stop while I was driving.
At first, I thought it must be Freya calling. But when I glanced at the screen, I saw Harper’s name instead. Not just hers–the company’s secretaries and managers had also been calling me over and over.
I knew that if today’s scandal wasn’t handled well, L. Corp.’s public standing would take a serious hit.”
But right now, I didn’t care about any of that.”
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As long as Freya came forward to testify that our marriage was solid, everything would be fine.
Yes–that was the solution. That would make everything fall into place.
Heart pounding, I strode toward the villa, expecting to see my wife’s smiling face.\
Instead… I was met with nothing but a wasteland of blackened ruins.}
I froze, staring in disbelief.”
Our home–mine and Freya’s villa–how could it have turned into this?”
Who? Who would do this?”
In that instant, the smile on my face stiffened.”
The air still carried the heat of the fire, searing against my skin and making me feel suffocated. I shrugged off my suit jacket and stepped into what was left of our home.”
Only after standing inside did I truly feel the scale of the devastation.
Everything I had shared with Freya… had been swallowed whole by the flames!!
My breath caught. For a heartbeat, it was as if even my lungs had forgotten how to work.
Trembling, I called out, “Freya? Freya? Freya, where are you? Please–come out! Don’t scare me!”
My voice echoed through the empty, charred shell of the villa. No familiar voice answered back.
Shaking, I began searching frantically through the wreckage.
Part of me prayed to find something–anything. At the same time, part of me dreaded finding the truth.
I didn’t even know what I was thinking anymore. My mind was blank.
Only one fear stood out in the chaos–that Freya might have perished in the blaze.\
The thought was like someone reaching into my chest and tearing out my heart, leaving me in unbearable agony.
I ransacked what had once been our study, then our bedroom, pulling aside debris and ashes.
When I found no sign of a body, I exhaled shakily, relief washing over me–only to press on, searching every last corner that remained.”
Kiled Our Son for the Affair Maver Ha
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Rodney’s POV
