Chapter 2063

Elena shrugged, rose, and moved toward the door. “Suit yourself.” Her heels clicked away, leaving Wren alone with the low hum of the television and a silence thick enough to drown in.

He called after her, the words escaping before he could rein them in. “About the boys… I know you carried the burden alone, and it shouldn’t have fallen all on you.”

Back then, Wren had barely lifted a finger with the children. A full-time nanny, he reasoned, meant parenting was effortless.

Now the boys towered above his shoulder, yet they still kept him up at night. Only now did he grasp how brutal motherhood could be.

Elena paused, spine straight, but never turned. She strode on.

Outside, the winter wind carved at her face like glass shards. Every gust howled across the courtyard’s empty flagstones.

The butler scrambled behind her, umbrella snapping open, trying to shield her from the icy blade of air.