Chapter 386

Author’s POV As Ryan’s car pulled away from the Lancaster estate, an almost suffocating silence settled inside the vehicle. Ryan had sent the driver away and was at the wheel himself. He didn’t drive fast, but with unnerving steadiness, as if the woman in the passenger seat—her emotions teetering on the edge of collapse—was not a person, but a treasure he had lost and recovered, one he dared not let slip again. Serena leaned back in her seat, still clutching the hospital documents. The edges of the paper were crumpled from how tightly she held them. She stared at the streetlights and buildings blurring past the window, but her gaze never truly focused. Everything had happened too quickly tonight, like an avalanche three years in the making, shattering every truth she had ever known. Cedric was not her savior.The car accident had not been an accident.Rancy was not Cedric’s daughter… but hers and Ryan’s. Each truth struck her chest like a block of ice, stealing her breath. Though the car