Chapter 62
Lost Hope
(Axel’s POV)
I couldn’t move.
The world around me faded into a blur as I watched the little boy cling to Maya’s neck, his small arms wrapped tightly around her. She looked down at him with a tenderness that hit me like a punch to the chest. Her lips curved into a soft smile, her eyes filled with warmth and love.
Maya had a son.
My mind couldn’t process it. The words repeated over and over like a broken record. She had a child. She had built a life, started a family, while I was still trying to forget the sound of her voice.
Laurent leaned closer to her, saying something I couldn’t hear over the chatter of the café. Maya laughed quietly, smoothing the boy’s hair as she balanced him on her lap. It was such a simple image, yet it tore something inside me apart.
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