Me Fui Con Mis Ocho Hijos es un drama cautivador sobre una mujer que escapa de una vida llena de secretos, traiciones y pasión, llevándose consigo a sus ocho hijos. A medida que enfrenta las consecuencias de sus decisiones, debe navegar por el amor, el peligro y la lealtad familiar. Mira cómo la historia se despliega, llena de giros emocionales, amor prohibido y el viaje de una mujer para reclamar su libertad y proteger a sus hijos.
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00:03one two three four five i lay completely still staring at the ceiling my mind going blanker
00:14with every number he finally set down the probe mrs. shaw eight eight embryo sacks all developing
00:23normally my hand slowly drifted to my stomach still flat but somehow eight lives were already
00:29there the shaw women had always been famously fertile my mother delivered twins my aunt had
00:35triplets in one go but no one could have predicted that when it came to me i'd skip straight to
00:40eight
00:40the clinic was warm but i felt only a cold gray settling over everything ahead of me
00:46would lucian even want these children he could barely stand to look at me on a normal day
00:51and the ford family would they ever acknowledge children i carried eight children formula
00:58diapers nannies school fees every single item on that list was an astronomical figure my own family
01:08was ordinary i had no allies what did i have to raise them with the more i thought the heavier
01:14it got i
01:16walked back through the doors of the ford estate then leo appeared lucian's assistant the ceo has
01:22spoken give you 200 million dollars sign and never return
01:32200 million dollars i could raise eight children in luxury send every one of them to private school
01:39and still have plenty left over what did i care about the title of mrs ford what did i care
01:45whether
01:46lucian liked me i had leo arranged the transfer right then and there and right in front of him
01:51i signed the divorce papers without a single moment of hesitation i went back upstairs packed only what
01:58was mine the couture gowns jewelry and designer bags from the fords i left every piece untouched right
02:05where it was in the dressing room what wasn't mine i didn't want i collected the check and the divorce
02:11papers wheeled my suitcase to the door walked out of the ford estate with my head held high
02:17that wealthy world i once thought so far beyond my reach looking back it was all just a passing
02:23illusion from this moment on there was no more mrs ford there was only aria shaw and the eight little
02:30lives she was carrying later word spread across the entire city lucian ford the man who never
02:38hesitated never wavered had suddenly lost his mind immediately mobilize all lemping and resources
02:46find her for me you find her don't expect any of you to be okay he was hell bent on
02:52finding her his
02:53ex-wife the one who'd taken his money run off carrying eight of his children and never once looked
03:00back i walked out of the ford estate and flagged down a car straight to the private bank i converted
03:06lucian's check into a card i could access anytime with that done i booked a first class flight to
03:12savannah then i stopped at a luxury car rental and got their best vehicle once i was in the car
03:18i went straight to my parents place then they noticed i was alone with a suitcase and the smiles
03:25froze they knew immediately that something was wrong when i told them lucian and i were divorced
03:31mother teared up at once she took my hands and couldn't stop crying father slammed his hand on
03:37his knee grabbed his cane by the door and headed for the ford estate his whole body shaking with fury
03:43that heartless man even if he didn't care for you he had no right to treat you this way
03:51i'm going over there right now this is outrageous
03:56dad mom don't leaving him is a relief for me not a loss he gave me 200 million dollars that's
04:04more
04:05than enough for all of us for the rest of our lives i'm carrying eight children
04:13i can't put them at risk besides lucian's been overseas on business he's not even in the city
04:22if we go over there now we'll only make a scene for nothing hearing the octuplets they stood there
04:27stunned for a long moment not quite able to process it but their love for me and for the children
04:32i was
04:33carrying won out over their anger my parents had spent their whole lives running a small diner
04:38they asked for nothing more than peace and quiet now i had money and a family on the way
04:44leaving this city that had drained me so much was the best thing for all of us
04:48we packed the few belongings got into the rented car and drove to the airport the city's glitter and
04:54its games had nothing to do with me anymore back at the ford estate a very different scene was
05:01playing out the divorce papers and the check had never come from lucian they had come from camille
05:08camille shared no blood with lucian she had been taken in by eleanor as a child and raised in their
05:14home she had loved lucian for as long as she could remember and she had always seen me as a
05:20thorn in
05:21her side she knew lucian was away on an overseas project she knew eleanor was the one running the
05:27estate in his absence she knew i was just a girl from an ordinary family she convinced herself i'd clung
05:34to lucian by any means necessary to her our marriage was nothing but a face-saving arrangement for both
05:42families so she had made her move she had someone mimic lucian's tone and send me the message she had
05:49paid off leo to deliver the divorce papers she was certain i had married into the ford family only for
05:56money and status she was sure that once i got divorce papers i would fall apart cry beg refuse to
06:04leave
06:05then she would step in and play the gracious peacemaker to show everyone how generous she was
06:12and turn the whole family against me for good but she had calculated wrong at that moment she was
06:19drinking tea with eleanor in the garden don't worry mrs ford aria fought so hard to marry into this family
06:26she's probably in her room throwing a fit and refusing to leave i'll go calm her down later
06:35it'll show everyone how gracious the fords are
06:40a nobody from a nobody family and she thought she deserved to be mrs ford getting thrown out is
06:48exactly what she brought on herself just then the housekeeper martha hurried across the garden
06:54mrs ford miss camille miss camille miss shaw is gone she packed only a few of her belongings
07:00she didn't take a single piece of jewelry or designer clothing she just left
07:05camille's hand paused on her teacup her lips curved into a faint smirk she told herself i was playing
07:12hard to get running away to make lucian chase but eleanor's face drained of color the crystal teacup
07:19slipped from her hand what did you say she just left all those valuables in this house and she didn't
07:26take a single thing it's true mrs ford we all saw it clearly miss aria only took her own luggage
07:33she didn't touch a thing that belonged to the family eleanor stood up abruptly she hurried straight
07:38to the master bedroom i'd been staying in camille followed close behind composed on the surface
07:44something uneasy stirring underneath my room had always been simple and tidy now it was just empty
07:52every item that belonged to the fords was still hung in the walk-in closet only my few casual clothes
07:59and a small stack of old books were gone eleanor had the rest of the estate checked immediately
08:05the staff came back with the same answer miss aria had taken only what belonged to her
08:10not a single item from the ford family had been touched eleanor stood in the middle of the empty room
08:17her face paled then turned ashen rage and something unnameable churned inside her
08:25ungrateful girl fine she left what's she proving putting on such a holiest than though act
08:32but she knew better than anyone what she thought of me that i had stayed for the money that i
08:37had clung
08:38to the ford name because i had nowhere else to go and now i had walked away without taking a
08:44thing
08:45it felt like a slap across the face the household staff stood with their heads down not daring to
08:51breathe no one had expected that kind of dignity from me they had all quietly looked down on camille
08:59moved quickly to eleanor's side mrs ford please don't upset yourself aria's leaving just shows she
09:06didn't belong in this family i'm here i'll always be here for you
09:20you're the thoughtful one a hundred times better than that aria ever was she made a pretty speech
09:26about not wanting anything from us but didn't she walk out with 200 million dollars of lucian's money
09:31deep down she's just as greedy as everyone else 200 million dollars she stood frozen where she was
09:40the blood draining from her face she had only paid off leo she had only mimicked lucian's tone
09:47sent the message had the papers delivered she had never had any access to lucian's accounts
09:53200 million dollars was something she couldn't have touched if she'd tried
09:58so who had sent that money a terrible thought detonated somewhere deep in her chest a wave of
10:06cold dread swept through her entire body her plan had been simple make me fall apart after the divorce
10:13make everyone despise me clear the path for herself but instead i had walked out clean and calm
10:22carrying the money and vanished completely none of this was what she had planned camille kept the
10:28smile on her face but her fingertips were ice cold and her heart had dropped by then i had already
10:36arrived in savannah with my parents warm unhurried no pressure no scheming nothing that seeped into new
10:44york's walls it was exactly the kind of place i had been longing for i bought a penthouse right in
10:50the
10:50heart of the city generous light open space more than enough room for eight children to grow and run
10:57and make noise the interiors were warm and comfortable heated floors the whole place breathing ease
11:09outside the city moved inside my parents voices were low and easy no cold rules no judgment
11:18just warmth and calm
11:22my mind clear for the first time in ages when the babies came i would be here i would watch
11:29them grow
11:30i would take them everywhere and give them everything i would never have to answer to anyone again
11:37i would never have to shrink myself to survive in someone else's home a life like this was worth
11:44more than the ford name could ever have been six months passed i settled quietly in savannah my belly
11:51growing rounder each week as all eight babies thrived every day i walked read and picked out tiny outfits
11:59and little shoes the days were simple yet full back in new york lucian had finally returned after six
12:06months abroad sharp eyes not a single wasted movement mr ford welcome back lucian got into the car and spoke
12:16without looking up six months tell me what happened at home leo stiffened head to toe mr ford
12:25your wife she speak she signed the divorce papers lucian's eyes went dark
12:33he had never intended to divorce her he had never sent any papers drive faster he went straight to
12:42the study on the desk folded neatly was the divorce agreement lucian looked down at it at the bottom
12:48of the page the signature was clean and certain aria shaw someone explained to me what happened mr ford
12:57it was miss keemiel she used your name to send mrs ford the message she used your identity to trick
13:03her into leaving i had no choice the temperature in the room dropped another degree lucian hurled the
13:13divorce agreement to the floor the pages landed at leo's feet with a sharp crack get out go to hr
13:22and submit a written statement your annual bonus is gone you're on warehouse duty until i say otherwise
13:30leo fled the room went silent lucian stood alone surrounded by the weight of it all
13:38camille's scheming eleanor's blind favoritism leo's betrayal all of it made his blood run cold but none
13:47of it was what was pressing against his chest right now that was aria the fact that she was gone
13:56three years ago at a charity gala he'd walked into the wrong hotel room spent the night with her
14:08aria by morning she stared at him panic in her eyes but her chin held high he'd been caught in
14:16a scandal at the time a rival had paid someone to photograph him and spread rumors about his private
14:21life marrying her had put an end to it after the wedding she never demanded anything never competed for
14:31his attention she simply took care of everything quietly never making him feel she wanted anything in
14:38return before every business trip she packed his bags overnight tucked his antacids and reminded him
14:46to take care of himself her eyes always gave away more than her words
14:55at the annual gala he hadn't been drunk he had used it as an excuse to do what he'd wanted
15:01to do for a long
15:02time to get closer to her to break through the wall between them
15:11and now she was gone carrying his children taking the money he had set aside for her
15:20that 200 million dollars had been sitting in a private account for months he had planned to
15:26transfer it to her name once things between them warmed up something to make her feel secure camille
15:32had turned it into a weapon it had become the reason aria left lucian pressed his hand to his chest
15:38something ached there heavy and hollow at the same time he understood it now what he felt for her hadn't
15:46been cold civility for a long time he had fallen for her slowly without realizing it and by the time
15:54he understood that she was already gone camille dawn had barely broken when the mood inside the fort
16:02estate hit rock bottom eleanor sat at the head of the main hall both hands wrapped around her string of
16:08pearls camille stood nearby fingers twisted in her skirt eyes full of panic she was working hard to
16:18hide lucian sat across from them in a black suit cold-eyed still grandmother she schemed against your
16:28grandson's wife against my children this needs to be settled today eleanor looked at his face and said
16:35nothing she had watched this boy grow up he'd run ford group for years with precision no room for
16:42sentiment when he was angry he didn't spare anyone not even family lucian i know i was wrong i lost
16:51my
16:51mind i just i love you so much watching area take the place that should have been mine
16:59i couldn't stand it please just this once i swear i'll never do it again lucian looked at her from
17:07his
17:07chair you love me not a flicker of feeling in his eyes then why'd you impersonate me
17:18you took the money i put aside for my wife just to trick her into leaving
17:27camille that's not love that's cheap vicious even you spent years throwing your weight around
17:35in this house because my grandmother dulled you belittling the staff making areas life difficult
17:48did you think i didn't notice
17:52he paused his voice dropped another degree i let it go because you were raised here i gave you that
17:59much
18:00but you took it too far you went after my wife you went after my children camille's crying stopped
18:08she thought lucian was only playing around with aria or putting up a front because of the rumors but
18:14from his words she heard something different he'd actually fallen for her for real no that's not
18:23possible lucian how could you love someone so so ordinary she doesn't deserve you she never did
18:34whether she deserves me is not your call to make i am revoking every position you hold at ford group
18:42freezing every asset tied to this family and sending you back to your hometown
18:48you will not set foot in this house again not once not ever camille completely fell apart
18:57i don't want to go back i'll do anything please lucian shook her off hard she hit the floor her
19:04forehead caught the edge of the table a thin line of blood appeared at her hairline remove her he didn't
19:11look at her again the security moved in at once lifted her off the floor and dragged her out of
19:16the
19:16parlor her cries faded down the hallway and disappeared lucian it was my fault i should never
19:25have taken camellia's side i should never have treated aria the way i did grandmother what's done
19:32is done the frost in his expression eased just barely but the warmth didn't follow there's no point in
19:39saying this now aria is gone she took my children what i need to do is find her and bring
19:48her home
19:50put out the word use every resource the ford family has find area shah area shah wherever she is
19:59bring her back yes mr ford the six months after i left new york were the most peaceful of my
20:05life
20:06my father spent his free afternoons fishing by the lake my mother tended to the flowers she'd planted
20:13around the house the days were quiet and good i thought it would stay that way forever that i'd
20:19simply wait for the babies to arrive watch them grow and build a small steady life i wasn't expecting
20:26what came next one afternoon i took my parents to a fine restaurant by the waterfront my mother's
20:32bracelet shifted as she reached for her glass the restaurant owner stopped mid-sentence ma'am that
20:39bracelet is that a marley family heirloom my mother's face changed instantly she pulled her
20:45sleeve down and looked away that bracelet had been with her as long as i could remember she wore it
20:51every day close to her skin she had never once explained where it came from i pressed her until she
20:57finally spoke eyes red from years of held back tears my mother was the only daughter of charles
21:04marlowe the marlowe family was old money in savannah deep roots considerable wealth years ago she had
21:12been visiting new york when she met my father they fell in love immediately but the marlowe's refused
21:18my father was ordinary the gap between their families was too wide they would not allow it
21:25my mother chose my father anyway she cut ties with her family left savannah and spent the next decade
21:32living under a different name she never went back she never told anyone who she was she had missed home
21:40every day but she was afraid her family was still angry afraid of walking back into the same walls of
21:46judgment so she kept it buried the restaurant owner was a distant relative of the marlowe's he had seen the
21:52heirloom years ago and recognized it immediately he told us that charles marlowe had never stopped
21:58looking for his daughter every year he sent people to search he was nearly 70 now his health declining
22:05and his only wish was to find her to make up for the time they'd lost it's my fault you
22:11gave up
22:11everything for me your family your name your home all these years carrying it alone i'm so sorry
22:20mom dad let's go see him whatever he feels he's still family blood is blood you've both carried this
22:28too long it's time to go home they nodded the restaurant owner guided us to the marlowe estate
22:34my grandpa was nearly 70 white-haired but still sharp still present the moment he saw my mother the
22:42man who'd held himself together for half his life finally broke my my girl
22:50my mother ran to him and cried like a child my girl i'm sorry all this time i'm so sorry
22:59he looked at my father the resentment was there but so was the evidence of 30 years of care my
23:06mother was loved the resentment softened then faded eight eight babies my granddaughter you don't have
23:14to worry about a single thing your grandfather has more than enough you and the babies will want for
23:21nothing he bought the surrounding properties and merged them into his estate he assigned the
23:27marlowe's private doctor to check on me every day he brought my father into the family business
23:33my father had good instincts for it with grandpa's guidance he found his footing quickly he soon became
23:39one of the family's most trusted advisors and i as charles marlowe's only grandchild his most treasured
23:47person became the natural heir to the marlowe name half the family's holdings passed into my hands
23:53the girl who once lay awake worrying about raising eight children was now one of the wealthiest women
23:59in savannah a family at my back my parents beside me eight lives growing inside me i had everything
24:09i thought i would simply stay here grow old in this warm city with my children and my family that
24:16this
24:17would be the end of the story i didn't expect lucian to find me savannah was softly raining the day
24:22lucian found me nothing like the cold nights i remembered from new york i was lying on the sofa
24:28it was peaceful then i heard noise from outside the gate a familiar figure stood in the rain black suit
24:35straight posture the same sharp edges in his face but his eyes held something different now exhaustion
24:43something i couldn't quite name he stood in the rain with his hair wet against his forehead lucian
24:49i felt nothing stir in my chest not even surprise with the ford's power and connections finding someone
24:57wasn't a question of if only when he walked toward me each step a little too quick a little too
25:04deliberate
25:05his suit was soaked fabric pressed against him by the rain he stopped in front of me his eyes dropped
25:12to
25:12my stomach the visible swell of it eight lives inside a flicker of tenderness pain and regret
25:19crossed his eyes before they went still aria it was the first time he had ever said my name like
25:25that
25:25i didn't answer i signaled the housekeeper for a shawl mr ford this is unexpected what brings you all
25:32the way out here aria i he opened his mouth closed it opened it again this man who'd run boardrooms
25:38and
25:38moved markets stood before me speechless i came to bring you home home mr ford i think you're confused
25:48i'm not mrs ford anymore we're divorced we're nothing to each other i'm doing well here i don't need your
25:57concern and i'd like you to stop coming here the divorce wasn't real camille sent that message pretending
26:03to be me she forged my signature on the papers none of it came from me i never wanted to
26:07divorce
26:07you not once and the 200 million that wasn't camille's money to give it was already yours i had
26:11this set aside calmed down months ago i was just waiting for things between us to calm down before
26:15putting it in your name camille told you it was a settlement she used it to get rid of you
26:17she's
26:18been dealt with all her positions are gone her assets are frozen she'll never set foot in new york
26:21again the staff who made your life marable are gone too my grandmother knows she was wrong
26:26she's been waiting to apologize to you in person he reached toward my face his hand stopped in the
26:33air between us it has nothing to do with me what camille did how she was punished that's ford family
26:41business it stopped being mine the day i walked out i didn't leave new york because of camille
26:48i didn't leave because of your grandmother or the staff i left because of you lucian
26:56it was your three years of coldness it was the warmth you never gave me it was you who made
27:03me feel
27:04like i wasn't in a home but a cage i could barely breathe inside it i watched every word i
27:12weighed every
27:13step and now i'm out and you want me to go back aria i know i know i was wrong
27:23for three years i just
27:24refused to see what was right in front of me i told myself i didn't know how to reach you
27:28that i needed
27:29more time at the gala that night i i wasn't even drunk i used that as an excuse to get
27:37close to you
27:37i thought i'd have more time i thought you'd still be there when i finally worked up the courage to
27:43say it the guilt in his eyes was real i could see that had i ever felt something for him
27:50maybe the
27:52time he stepped between me and the rude housekeeper the morning he quietly took the antacids i'd left
27:57for his trip the way he looked at me at the gala just a moment before things got complicated maybe
28:04there
28:04had been something there but three years of cold had worn it down to nothing lucien it's too late
28:12i have everything i need right here my parents my grandfather more money than i could ever spend
28:20and eight children on the way i'm not missing anything please leave don't come back
28:29don't disturb my life or my children's lives
28:36on the other side of it lucien stood in the rain and looked at a closed door he didn't leave
28:43he just
28:44stood there still getting soaked after that day lucien bought a house near mine he didn't try to force
28:51his way back in but he didn't disappear either he simply stayed close in his own quiet way
29:00every morning at dawn fresh white peonies were delivered to my door i'd once mentioned in passing
29:06that they were my favorite flower in new york never thinking he'd heard the dew covered blooms filled
29:12the house with a soft clean fragrance every afternoon a prenatal tonic made by his own hands
29:18arrived i heard he'd hired a nutritionist and spent days perfecting it temperature taste balance all
29:26tailored just for me every bottle came with a short handwritten note firm yet gentle always telling
29:33me to eat well rest and not overwork every evening he stood outside my gate staring at the window lights
29:42for hours he only left once my bedroom lamp went out he never entered just watched quietly from afar
29:49asking for nothing in return word spread through savannah the ceo of ford group had come all the way from
29:56new york to wait outside his ex-wife's house every night the woman who had taken his money run off
30:03with
30:03eight of his children and shut the door in his face some people called it devotion some people said he
30:09had
30:10it coming he didn't seem to care what anyone thought i heard everything they said i still wasn't ready
30:17to move i could see what lucian was doing i could feel it even when i didn't want to but
30:23seeing it and
30:24being healed by it were different things the hurt hadn't gone anywhere it was just quieter now then one
30:31morning i went to the small chapel near the marlow estate to light a candle and pray quietly for the
30:37babies on the way back three men blocked our path they saw i was heavily pregnant with only a few
30:44servants beside me their intentions were obvious i had no time to react the staff tried to intervene
30:50and couldn't then lucian was there he moved fast he dealt with them in under a minute when it was
31:06over
31:06he smelled faintly of blood anyone who touches my wife anyone who comes near my children they will pay
31:14for it the men were gone before he finished the sentence the hardness in his face fell away
31:21immediately what replaced it was concern pure and unguarded aria are you all right did i frighten you
31:37i looked at him i felt something shift just slightly a hairline crack in something i had kept sealed for
31:45a long time that day i didn't tell him to go he walked behind me to the chapel walked behind
31:51me back
31:52to the house he didn't say much he just stayed close like a guard who had chosen his post and
31:58wasn't
31:58leaving it weeks later the babies shifted abruptly one night jolting me awake with a sharp pain the doctor
32:06said it was probably just pressure but someone had to stay and keep watch lucian arrived within the
32:11hour he sat beside my bed through the whole night without sleeping he held my hand careful unhurried
32:18like nothing else existed don't be afraid i'm here the babies will be fine you'll be fine he held my
32:29hand through the entire night never once let go in the morning i looked at his face the red in
32:35his
32:35eyes the exhaustion he hadn't hidden something in the wall around me cracked a little more
32:42the days kept moving and my stomach kept growing round and heavy like i was carrying a small world
32:50walking had become slow work possible only with help rolling over in bed needed assistance every little
32:58movement ached grandfather had brought in the best obstetric team in savannah they stayed at the estate
33:04around the clock ready for whenever the time came everything that could be prepared had been
33:10prepared lucian kept his post nearby daily deliveries of supplements and whatever the doctors
33:16recommended he still didn't come inside he checked in through the staff made sure i was all right then
33:23kept his distance then one morning the pain came wave after wave harder each time within an hour i was
33:32shaking all over drenched in sweat hair stuck to my face my vision fading at the edges the medical team
33:40moved immediately the estate shifted into a different gear everyone at their station no hesitation
33:52mrs shaw push keep pushing almost there mrs shaw hold on the babies are coming stay with us i lay
34:00there and used
34:01everything i have over and over until there was nothing left to use eight babies one by one each birth
34:10drained me
34:11more than i thought i had left to give then the first cry cut through the room sharp clear breaking
34:17all the tension it's a boy then the second the third the fourth each cry joined the last layering together
34:26filling the house with sound but there were still two left and i had nothing my eyelids were stone my
34:33arms
34:34wouldn't respond every part of me wanted to simply stop mrs shaw stay awake two more your babies need
34:45you stay with us then the door burst open aria look at me stay awake i'm here the children need
34:59you
35:00i need you just a little longer his hand was warm i looked at him i saw it all at
35:07once on his face fear
35:09agony none of his usual composure he didn't care what anyone thought about rules or how he looked
35:17something in me that had been holding tight for a very long time finally let go i used what was
35:23left
35:23the last two babies were born four boys four girls every one of them crying strong and clear every one
35:33of
35:33them healthy tiny and perfect and overwhelming
35:41the head nurse clean them wrap them gently
35:45congratulations mrs shaw congratulations mr ford four boys four girls all healthy
35:52quite a blessing i looked at the eight of them aria then the room went dark in the moment before
36:00it
36:00did i saw lucian's eyes fill aria thank you thank you for all eight of them thank you for giving
36:08me
36:08a family his tears landed on the back of my hand warm and real i had never seen him cry
36:14before this man
36:15who had never seemed to need anything who had run a corporation with ice in his veins was crying for
36:21me
36:21for our children outside the room my parents and grandfather watched through the window eyes
36:28glistening when i came around lucian was still there he hadn't left my side he wiped my face
36:38helped me drink and stayed by my side all night with a clumsy focused tenderness it was nothing like
36:46the detached man i had spent three years waiting on he stood over the bassinet and looked at the
36:53eight of them there was something in his eyes i had no word for except completely undone he held each
37:00of them as if they were made of something that could break with a breath they had his sharpness in
37:05their features and something of mine in the softness around it he gave them names for the boys liam aria
37:12ford
37:13noah aria ford eli aria ford and cole aria ford for the girls stella aria ford luna aria ford lily
37:25aria ford
37:26and ivy aria ford every name held mine inside it every name was a quiet promise after the birth my
37:34recovery began and lucian took over he canceled everything he had in new york every meeting every
37:41obligation everything he stayed in savannah and didn't leave he followed the postpartum nurse
37:48around and learned to make recovery broths he practiced changing diapers he learned how to feed
37:54the babies how to settle them how to get them back to sleep his technique was rough at first he
38:00fumbled
38:01he looked completely out of his depth but he never complained and he never showed the slightest
38:06impatience eight babies crying at once is not a quiet experience i couldn't get real sleep so lucian
38:15took the nights every time a baby cried he was up he handled them with the utmost care holding them
38:22until they settled then returned to sit beside me my body recovered faster than anyone expected
38:28when i was ready to move again the savannah business association held its annual gala
38:33i was invited as the marlow heir lucian came with me most of the room treated us well word had
38:40spread
38:41about the octuplets and people were respectful the vice president of the business association
38:46douglas price had never liked the marlow family standing mrs shaw congratulations on the octoputs truly
38:54a miracle so young already the marlock ear mother to eight children with mr ford by your side you're the
39:00envy of this entire room though i do wonder how long can luck like this last i felt my expression
39:07shift i opened my mouth lucian moved first he pulled me to his side and stared at douglas price
39:14mr price aria is my wife the mother of my eight children
39:21uh she endured more than you'll ever know to bring them into this world
39:31my protection my love none of it is remarkable it's the least she deserved
39:37and you just insulted her in front of everyone here
39:42was that a calculated move or just a careless mistake douglas price went pale then his knees
39:50buckled he dropped to the floor before the entire gala voice trembling mr ford i'm so sorry
39:59i misspoke i wasn't thinking please i never metiation membership
40:04freeze all his business interests in savannah he is never to set foot in this city again
40:10the security team moved before price finished his sentence his voice echoed down the corridor
40:16and then disappeared lucian turned to me the cold was gone from his face the moment his eyes met mine
40:25he reached up and touched the corner of my eye gently are you all right did that upset you
40:33i stood there held against his side and felt the last threat of resistance inside me finally break
40:40yes
40:47aria thank you thank you for giving me thank you for giving me one more chance
40:53thank you for giving me a home again lucian held my hand as we walked along the path through the
40:58marlow
40:58estate the breeze off the water moved through the trees the low golden light of savannah's sunset
41:04surrounded us aria from now on i'll never make you feel unimportant i'll never let you leave my side
41:12i'll never overlooked what you need every bit of warmth i have belongs to you and our children
41:18the new york estate has been renovated just how you'd like it white panties in the garden a full
41:24playroom for the kids and that library you always wanted with shelves full of books you'd actually pick
41:32and if you don't want to go back to new york we won't savannah can be home i'll stay here
41:37with you
41:37with all of them for as long as you'll have me
41:42anywhere is fine as long as you're there as long as they're there that's all home has ever meant to
41:49me he bent forward and pressed his lips to my forehead slow careful we stayed in savannah a long
41:57time after that long enough for the babies to walk and talk to call us mom and dad in eight
42:04different
42:04voices each unique yet somehow the sound she went back to new york sometimes eleanor would see the
42:13children and light up in a way i had never seen from her before the ford estate once heavy with
42:19quiet
42:19unease filled with noise warmth and the wonderful mess only eight children could make lucian returned to
42:27running the ford group on his own terms not consumed by it but present in it he made real time
42:34every day for us from a cold estate in new york to the warm for the rest of my life
42:40every year every season all of it with him all of it warm all of it ours
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