{MATURE} 

"I was scared!" she cried, interrupting him. "You're a married man, you have a wife now, and I didn't want to ruin that. I didn't know how you'd react. And I didn't want my children… our children… to be caught in the middle of more pain."

He looked at her in shock, breath caught in his throat. "You just said… our daughter earlier," he said slowly.

Yes," she answered. "Jasmine and Hanith. They're yours."

Aaron's breath hitched, stumbled back a step, staring at her like he was seeing her for the first time again.

"You told me they weren't mine," he whispered.

"I lied," she admitted. "Because I was scared. I wanted to protect them. I thought if you knew, you'd take them away. And I also thought you wouldn't want them because you are married now."

"Five years," he murmured, his voice barely audible. "I had children... and never knew." He clenched his jaw, struggling to process everything. 

"They are your children," she said softly. "And now your daughter needs you." 

~**~
A single mother, Katherine Prescott was the perfect definition of a B3 classy lady—beautiful, brainy, and brave. She worked her ass off to ensure her children never lacked, building a name for herself while running from the unwanted attachment of the past.

But when the past she thought she'd left behind the day she fled with her babies came crashing against the walls she'd built—six years later—everything she buried resurfaced.

What if the forgotten spark and desires kept pulling her back into the very past she wanted to forget? What if her babies wouldn't stop asking about their father? Can she really give him a second chance at love… and risk losing herself to passion again?

Aaron Knight was a celebrity. He never believed he'd see her again. But there she was—still breathtaking, still beautiful as ever. He wasn't letting her go this time. He would get her back, by hook or by crook.

Two problems: he was married… and she was already a mother.

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Katherine stirred awake, her eyes fluttered open, blinking tiredly as she stifled a yawn that wanted to escape her lips.


She groaned, craning her neck from stiffness and blinked to take in her surroundings. She didn't know when she later fell asleep—the only thing she remembered was indulging in Aaron's comforting embrace.


The air was peaceful and undisturbed, so serene—she laid in her position quietly for a moment, trying to adjust her senses to her surroundings as her breathing steadied—so calming.


The soft snores from the twins' breathing perked her hearing as she whipped her head to the sound and saw them curled in their sleeping bags, and that made her release a reassured sigh.


Then her gaze shifted slowly until it landed on Aaron, who sat slumped at the corner of the tent, eyes closed in a seated position. His head tilted slightly on his shoulder, his arms folded over his chest, and his long thick lashes resting against his high cheekbones.


Chapter 64 - Family Trip IV