Chapter136:

Chapter 136 CELESTE  I stood in the kitchen long after Xenois had gone upstairs to put the boys to bed, trying to find the words I needed. Trying to figure out how to tell him about Sophia without triggering the very thing I was most afraid of. What if talking about her brought his memories back? What if mentioning the contract, the divorce papers, the plans they'd supposedly made—what if that was the key that unlocked everything? What if I was the one who ended up destroying what we'd built by forcing this conversation? But I couldn't just say nothing. Couldn't pretend I hadn't seen her, hadn't heard her threats, hadn't watched her rest her hand on that pregnant belly while telling me my time was running out. I paced back and forth across the kitchen floor, my mind spinning with possibilities and fears. Maybe I could tell him I'd seen her without mentioning the specifics. Maybe I could just say she'd made vague threats and let him address it without giving him too much detail that mig