My breath stopped. “I’ll make you my wife soon,” he said without a tremor. “We’ll wait for the right time to—dispose of her. During my parents’ anniversary—we can frame her cheating with someone else. They’ll approve the divorce. You know how my family is when it comes to marriage, so we have to make sure they can’t say no, and make her look like the bad one.”
“Do it soon. Lorenzo’s growing; he wants you to bring him to Family Day. Don’t hide him. I’m tired of this.”
Footsteps thudded. A small voice called, “Daddy!” Lorenzo ran to them. Amber caught him; Nathan lifted him into his arms. The boy’s face was open and trusting. “Daddy,” he said again, and that one word split the world I thought I knew.
Nathan laughed softly, brushing the boy’s hair. “Be careful, buddy. You know you can’t just run around like that…”
Amber smiled and touched the child’s cheek. “Let him. After all, his heart is safe now—thanks for giving it to him, and not to your daughter with Emerald.”
Nathan chuckled, the sound low and careless. “Come on… it’s not like I ever wanted a child with her. It’s you, Amber. It’s always been you. Forever.”