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She steadied herself before calmly stepping out.
Wesley lost control, grabbing Cecilia’s wrist the moment he reached her.
“Where are you going?”
Cecilia smiled at him. “Since you’ve made your choice, you should be at the hospital, not here.”
Wesley choked up, words failing him.
She already knew everything. Exnations were pointless.
Yet he couldn’t let her leave.
Luciano, Johan, even Eldridge surrounded her now…
There’d be no ce for him in her future.
“Wesley, anything left to say?”
Cecilia’s eyes remained calm as still water, observing the bodyguards encircling them.
Wesley had struck a deal with Johan. He’d chosen Larissa.
Chasing her here… just made him a fool.
“Ci”
Wesley’s voice cracked, anguish and longing warring in his gaze as he
forced out the words.
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“When will you be back?”
That single question was all he could muster.
She hadn’t left yet, but he was already longing for her return.
Only Cecilia never nned toe back.
“I don’t know. Maybe never.”
Her voice was soft, almost lighthearted.
Wesley’s chest tightened with suffocating pain.
“Not… noting back?”
Cecilia gazed at the night sky, speaking at a measured pace. “There’s nothing worth staying for here. So no, I won’t be returning.”
The words stabbed Wesley’s heart like knives.
“Ci,e back with me. I…” he blurted out, “let’s start over.”
Cecilia firmly pulled her hand from his grasp. She didn’t ask whether he could let go of Larissa. Her answer was simple and final.
“We’re done.”
“No. We ended long before this.”
Their divorce papers had been signed ages ago. He’d just threatened and harassed her, refusing to let go.
Her wrist slippedpletely from his hold
“Goodbye, Wesley,”
Wesley clenched his empty fist, watching her slide into the car.
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her profile cold and detached.
He surrendered.
“Will you protect our child?”
Gentleness flickered in Cecilia’s eyes. “As long as you stay out of our lives, I will.”
“Alright.”
Wesley took two steps back, arms hanging limply at his sides.
stood deste and defeated.
He watched the car merge onto the highway and vanish into the night.
A single teardrop silently traced its way down the corner of his eye.
The autumn night grew chilly, a deepening cold settling in.
Wesley stood there for a long time.
Elijah approached him cautiously. “Mr. Carlton, shall we head back?”
“Hmm.”
Wesley agreed, turning towards the car, but stumbled slightly, nearly falling
Elijah quickly steadied him, feeling the man’s body tensed up.
In that moment, he felt a pang of sympathy for his boss.
Wesley got into the car, his voice low and raspy. “Have someone follow her. Make sure she’s safe ”
“Yes.”
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“Never mind. Don’t disturb her.”
Wesley closed his eyes.
With Luciano by her side, what could possibly happen?
He needed to focus on finalizing the alliance between the Carlton and Johnson families first.
Luciano drove steadily, and fast.
It was already past midnight. Cecilia held Noah, staring at her own reflection in the car window, wide awake.
She looked down at the messages on her phone.
The recording Johan had sent her was partial. Just a few fragmented sentences: one about choosing between two options, two about who mattered more, and then that final line about letting her go.
She couldn’t piece together the context.
So she messaged Johan directly, asking why Wesley had agreed to let her leave.
Johan hadn’t replied.
By the time the sky turned pale grey, they had reached Baritel.
The house left by Grandma Bonnie Wilburn had been kept clean by hired help, so they could move in right away.
Cecilia and Luciano quickly unpacked and went to rest.
When Cecilia woke up, she still felt tired.
Fortunately, Luciano was very capable and had already tidied up everything, even taking Noah to the market to buy groceries.
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As she stepped out of the room, she smelled the aroma of food.
“Mom,e quick.”
Noah’s face was covered in flour, and he was holding a shapeless thing
in his hand.
“I made this Pierogi.”
Luciano teased him, “Or maybe it’s a bun.”
Noah wrinkled his nose and insisted that Cecilia judge.
Cecilia sat beside him, pulled a tissue, and wiped the flour off his face.
“It’s a Pierogi, and Noah made it the best.”
Noah, overjoyed, went off to ruin more Pierogi dough.
It was a heartwarming scene.
It warmed the heart.
Luciano, without stopping what he was doing, asked Cecilia, “How did he agree to let you go?”
Cecilia was silent for a moment, then said lightly, “I’m not quite sure.”
She had gotten the news yesterday, packed immediately, and left. On the way, she had texted Johan, but he still hadn’t replied.
But in any case, it had something to do with Johan.
“Since you’ve left, let go of the past.”
Luciano advised.
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