CHAPTER 168: Never Leaving

RUE

Finding out I was the real father of Tysha’s kids was a real shock. I was angry, no doubt about it. Tysha had kept this secret for six long years—a betrayal that cut deep.

How could she hide something so important? Why didn't she tell me that sooner? Six years is a long time to keep something like that secret!

But then, there was a flicker of happiness too. It was like my subconscious mind told me, "She never cheated on you." And that suddenly, my ex-friend Charles was no longer a specter haunting our past.

And then came the confusion. The suddenness of it all left me reeling. Two children—Aiden and Addison—my flesh and blood, yet strangers to me. How would they react? How would Tysha explain my absence?

The questions piled up in my mind. Damn!

As I stood there, torn between anger, happiness, and confusion, I knew one thing—the truth had shattered Tysha's carefully constructed lie.

I knew there was something special when I first saw Tysha’s kids. I thought it was just becaus