Chapter 51 : The Bonds of the Past

The silence that followed his words was deafening.

"My wife. The mother of my son."

Each syllable seemed to reverberate through the room, suffusing the air with an almost suffocating weight.

My heart was pounding so hard that I thought it might burst. His declaration… it was a truth that escaped me, yet it felt so unshakable. Alessandro didn't blink, his gaze fixed on me, as if he were waiting for me to remember, to say something that would confirm the claim he had just made.

But I remained frozen, unable to move or speak.

Ezran, however, broke the silence, his voice colder than I had ever heard it.

"Murielle owes you nothing, Mr. Valenti. You speak of a marriage and a son, but you have no idea about the life she has rebuilt here, far from a past she doesn't even remember. She chose me. We are engaged."

He paused, his hand tightening slightly on my arm, a gesture that was both protective and possessive. "You should leave."