Chapter 1

I pulled out my phone and called him, my voice trembling.

He answered quickly.

“Nolan, where are you?”

His voice was as gentle as ever.

“Lydia, I’m at the office in a meeting, very busy. I’ll call you back later.”

The call ended, and Nolan spent a long time soothing the upset woman he was with.

I hid nearby, watching them.

I was flooded with memories of the day Nolan found out I couldn’t have children.

He cried until his eyes were red and knelt before me.

“Lydia, I’m sorry. It’s all my fault.”

Yes, he should be sorry.

Back then, I was pregnant, but he was so busy with work that he forgot to check in with me.

A snowstorm blanketed the city, and worried about him, I went out to find him.

I was hit by a car that ran a red light.

I lost the baby.

The doctor said I could never be pregnant again.

Nolan said, “Lydia, I love you, and that includes the love I had for the child.”

“It doesn’t matter if we don’t have kids. I just want you.”

Young love is intense.

So intense that it made me forget my pain.

But young love is also fleeting.

In just five years, he had a child.

With another woman.