PART 2
“Were you still married to her when you proposed to me?”
Dominic said nothing. That silence answered for him.
For years, I thought I would hate Natalie if I ever stood in front of her. But when I saw the truth drain from her face, I understood Dominic had not only lied to me—he had built an entire life out of lies and invited everyone to live inside it.
Natalie turned her eyes to me. “Did you know about me?”
“Not at first,” I replied. “When I found out, I was pregnant. He told me he was traveling for work, money was tight, and his mother needed help. Then one day, his number stopped working.”
Dominic rubbed his face, his hands shaking. “Audrey, please. Not in front of the children.”
I almost laughed. “Now you care what they hear?”
Gavin stepped forward, his small fists clenched tight. “You left Mama when Logan was a baby.”
Dominic looked down at him, and shame finally crossed his face. “I didn’t know about Logan.”
Gavin’s voice shook with an intense, quiet anger. “You didn’t ask.”
No one spoke after that. Victoria looked away, but I saw fear flicker in her eyes. She had known enough. Maybe not every single detail, but enough to know Dominic had left a woman and children behind.
To people like Victoria Vance, human beings only became real when the paperwork made them expensive…
