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I Left Pregnant With His Twins
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00:05I found out I was pregnant with twins.
00:07That same day, I was about to tell my husband when I overheard him talking to his father in the
00:10next room.
00:11I don't have feelings for Vivian.
00:13I'm not going to have kids with her.
00:15I only married her because you and mom approved of her.
00:19I kept the pregnancy to myself.
00:21Then I handed him divorce papers and left the country alone.
00:24He assumed our arrangement had simply run its course.
00:27He didn't try to stop me.
00:30Four years later, I came home to New York with the twins to visit my grandfather, who had fallen seriously
00:35ill.
00:36An old friend of Cassian's named Quinn spotted me the moment I arrived at the hospital.
00:41Cassian had spent four years trying to track me down.
00:44Quinn called him.
00:47Cassian was in the middle of a board meeting.
00:50Vivian is back in New York. She's visiting old Mr. Morgan.
00:57He ended it on the spot and left.
01:03I gave the front desk my grandfather's name and found the room without any trouble.
01:09He knocked.
01:10A warm voice came from inside.
01:13Cassian's heart was pounding.
01:15Come in.
01:17I thought it was a nurse.
01:18I wasn't expecting the man who walked through that door.
01:22My lips parted.
01:24How is he here?
01:25It had been four years.
01:26He looked exactly the same.
01:28Cassian smiled and walked in.
01:30Mr. Morgan, I heard you weren't feeling well.
01:32I came as soon as I could.
01:33He looked at Cassian warmly.
01:35Cassian.
01:36Good of you to come.
01:38Sit down, sit down.
01:39There was only one sofa in the room.
01:41I was already sitting on one side.
01:44He turned his head and looked at me with an easy smile.
01:47Viv.
01:48It's been a while.
01:50I pressed my palm against my knee and managed a small smile.
01:53Yeah.
01:54It has.
01:55Cassian kept talking with my grandfather.
01:57You were bad.
01:58But his eyes kept drifting back to me.
02:00My grandfather watched him carefully.
02:02After about 40 minutes, Cassian stood to leave.
02:05My grandfather looked at me.
02:06Viv, walk Cassian down, would you?
02:08I didn't want to.
02:09But I walked out with him anyway.
02:11We moved down the corridor side by side.
02:14These past few years, have you been okay?
02:18Pretty good.
02:19You?
02:20He smiled.
02:21Same as always.
02:23That wasn't true.
02:24It took him a few months after the divorce to understand how much he loves me.
02:28By then, I was already gone.
02:29He'd spend every day thinking about me.
02:31I stood on the sidewalk with a polite smile as Cassian opened the car door.
02:35Thank you for coming to see my grandfather today.
02:37It means a lot.
02:38Don't mention it.
02:38If you ever need anything, call me.
02:40Even just as a friend.
02:41I nodded and turned back toward the hospital entrance.
02:44That is when Sebastian came through a side door with the kids, my son and daughter, both
02:48of them toddling toward me on short legs.
02:50I scooped one up in each arm and kept walking.
02:54Cassian's car hadn't moved.
02:55He leaned forward, the window tent clearing.
02:58I saw a man, two small children, all three of them gravitating straight to me.
03:02Something in his chest tore open.
03:05Office.
03:06The car pulled away.
03:08He stayed at the office until almost nine.
03:11Work was the only thing that kept the images at bay.
03:13But the moment he closed his eyes that night, the scene outside the hospital replayed on a
03:18loop.
03:18She'd moved on.
03:19Married someone else.
03:21Built something real.
03:22She used to be my wife and I didn't take care of what I had.
03:28The desk lamp burned all night.
03:30By the time morning light filtered through the curtains.
03:33He hadn't slept.
03:34He pressed his fingers to his temples.
03:36Got up.
03:37Showered.
03:38Drank two large black coffees.
03:40And went back to work.
03:42Two weeks later, Grandpa was cleared to leave the hospital.
03:46My brother Alex and I arrived early that morning to bring him home.
03:50The car pulled through the gate of the Morgan estate and into the drive.
03:55Before it had fully stopped, the twins came running.
04:00Great Grandpa!
04:03He took one hand in each of his and beamed.
04:06There are my two.
04:07Did you miss me?
04:09Yes, Great Grandpa!
04:15The house had always been quiet.
04:17Just the housekeeper and the staff.
04:19Now there were children's shoes by the door and
04:22crayon drawings on the hall table.
04:24And the rooms felt warmer than they had in years.
04:27That evening, after I got both kids down, I slipped out of their room.
04:32The housekeeper was waiting in the hallway.
04:35Miss Whitfield, your grandfather is asking for you in the study.
04:39I'll be right there.
04:43When I reached the second floor study, I found Grandpa and Alex already seated at the table
04:48by the window.
04:49Just several folders spread across the surface.
04:52Vivian, what happened?
04:54Henderson said you called me in a hurry.
04:56Well, looks like there was a misunderstanding.
05:00My dear, sit down.
05:01You look terrified.
05:02I greeted them both and settled into an empty chair.
05:05Alex, Vivian, I asked Henderson to bring you both up because I have something to say.
05:11Your mother was my only child.
05:13That makes you my only heirs.
05:15After this illness, I know I'm not what I was.
05:18You'll need to take responsibility for the family's business.
05:21Both of you.
05:22My chest tightened, watching him in the lamplight, silver, haired, a little thinner than before.
05:28Grandpa, I'm still at Helios Corp.
05:31Helios Corp was our father's company.
05:33Our father had built it from nothing.
05:35And for the past five or six years, Alex had worked there as a junior sales rep.
05:39Our father's explicit instruction.
05:43You'll run the company one day.
05:46You can't run something you don't understand from the ground up.
05:50So Alex stayed, year after year.
05:53His performance didn't matter.
05:55His father never mentioned a promotion.
05:58Alex, why do you still have any illusions about that man?
06:03If he had plans for you, he wouldn't keep you in the same entry-level role for six years.
06:07My own grandson, working as a glorified junior for half a decade.
06:12Does that make any sense to you?
06:14Grandpa, if I walk out now, won't those years be wasted?
06:18I understood both sides.
06:20Our father hadn't moved Alex despite having every opportunity to do so.
06:24That said enough about his intentions.
06:26But Alex wasn't wrong either.
06:28Their father was aging.
06:32Alex was still his only son and heir.
06:35I don't know what he's thinking.
06:37Vivian is a daughter.
06:39I understand he's biased.
06:41But you are his only son.
06:43Alex said nothing.
06:45None of us knew what our father was planning.
06:46Whatever it was, he seemed to be holding even his own son at arm's length.
06:51Viv, you've been back in New York a little while now.
06:54What are you thinking?
06:55Get the kids enrolled first.
06:56Then whatever you need from me, Grandpa.
06:58You spent the last few years abroad in gemology and jewelry design.
07:01You built a solid client base and private commissions over there.
07:04You know the industry well.
07:05I'd like you to take over Heron Jewelers.
07:08I kept my voice easy.
07:10Should I start at the bottom first?
07:12He laughed.
07:13Neat.
07:14I trust you completely.
07:15Even if you run the whole thing into the ground, consider it practice.
07:19Something warm moved through me.
07:21I'll give it everything I have.
07:22When we'd finished talking about me, Grandpa looked back at Alex.
07:25You're the Whitfield heir, but you're also mine.
07:28I'm still on my feet.
07:30I can carry this for a few more years.
07:31After that, I can't say.
07:32Alex said quietly.
07:34Give me one year, Grandpa.
07:36Whether or not I end up with Dad's company, I'll step into Morgan housings within a year.
07:40You'll be able to rest.
07:41Grandpa finally nodded.
07:43Good.
07:44One year.
07:48It's late.
07:50The three of us said goodnight.
07:54Goodnight.
07:55The penthouse on the 23rd floor of Riverside Tower.
07:58I hadn't been back in years.
07:59I'd kept the access code, but expected the biometric registry to have purged me long ago.
08:04I said my name.
08:06Vivian Whitfield.
08:07Then the voice print prompt.
08:09A soft tone.
08:09Waiting.
08:10A half second pause.
08:11The lock released.
08:12The real estate agent stepped in behind me.
08:15He looked around.
08:16Everything's been kept clean.
08:17You'd never know the place had been empty.
08:19I was still working that out when Mrs. Miller came in from the balcony holding a watering can.
08:23Her face opened into a bright smile.
08:25Mrs. Sterling, you're back.
08:28I winced.
08:29Mrs. Miller, we've been divorced.
08:30That isn't really appropriate anymore.
08:32She flushed.
08:33I'm so sorry, Miss Whitfield.
08:35Old habit.
08:37It's fine.
08:39But why are you here?
08:40I settled your wages the day I moved out.
08:42Mr. Sterling hired me to keep the place.
08:44So it would be ready whenever you came back.
08:46Something complicated moved through me.
08:48Cassian had never paid attention to things like this when we were married.
08:51And now, years after the divorce, he'd quietly arranged it all.
08:55If I said I felt nothing for Cassian, that would be a lie.
08:58But I'd heard it from his own mouth.
09:00I don't have feelings for Vivian.
09:01I'm not going to have kids with her.
09:03Whatever small thing had been growing in me back then, it died the moment those words did.
09:08The agent interrupted my thoughts.
09:10Miss Whitfield, is it all right if I take some photos?
09:12Of course.
09:13Go ahead.
09:14You're selling?
09:15It's just sitting here.
09:17Better to free up the capital.
09:18I read her expression without difficulty.
09:21Mrs. Miller, if nothing else comes up for you, would you consider coming to work at the Morgan House?
09:30She said immediately,
09:31I would love that.
09:33One condition.
09:34You cut contact with Cassiel.
09:36Completely.
09:37She tapped the slim band on her wrist without hesitation and swept it away in front of me.
09:42The agent finished his photos.
09:45I left with Mrs. Miller.
09:48When Mrs. Miller saw the twins back at the Morgan House, she understood immediately why I had insisted.
09:54She stared at the two of them, both unmistakably carrying Cassie and Sterling's features.
09:58The boy especially.
09:59His eyes.
10:00His nose.
10:01The set of his jaw.
10:02She'd watched me go through morning sickness right before the divorce.
10:05There was no question in her mind.
10:08Mrs. Miller, these two are your main responsibilities from now on.
10:13Go there.
10:14I introduced her to the kids.
10:18Mrs. Miller had worked as a nanny and infant caregiver for years.
10:22And it showed.
10:24Warm.
10:25Patient.
10:26Instinctively good with them.
10:27By the next morning, she was out in the garden with both of them on her own.
10:31I breathed out.
10:32That was one thing settled.
10:33Next, find a preschool.
10:35And start preparing to take over Harrow Jewelers.
10:38A few weeks later, the whole household was gathered around the long dining table at lunch.
10:42When the housekeeper came over quietly.
10:44Mrs. Whitfield, we've had several calls.
10:47And held out the house comm panel.
10:51I thanked him, stepped away from the table, and answered.
10:55Mrs. Whitfield, this is Selena from Northbridge Realty.
10:58Hi, Selena.
10:59What's going on?
10:59Someone came to view your listing this morning.
11:01They've already put down a deposit.
11:02I wanted to check your schedule for signing the transfer paperwork.
11:06The apartment was listed at 18 million.
11:08It had been on the market for one day.
11:11Already?
11:11I said.
11:12Selena laughed.
11:13I was surprised, too.
11:15He just had a quick look around and pulled out his card.
11:17Is he local?
11:17Sounds like it from his accent.
11:19But I didn't recognize him.
11:21Maybe I'm just bad with faces.
11:23I'll go there this afternoon.
11:25I didn't push further.
11:26I walked into the Northbridge Realty office.
11:28The buyer's face was familiar in a way I couldn't immediately place.
11:32I hadn't been to Cassian's company.
11:33I'd only crossed paths with this man once, at a formal dinner.
11:37I didn't know he was Cassian's executive assistant.
11:39Mrs. Whitfield, this is Mr. Joe.
11:43Mrs. Whitfield, good to meet you.
11:45Four years later, I came home to New York with the twins to visit my grandfather, who had fallen seriously
11:50ill.
11:50An old friend of Cassian's named Quinn spotted me the moment I arrived at the hospital.
11:55Cassian had spent four years trying to track me down.
11:59Quinn called him.
12:01Cassian was in the middle of a board meeting.
12:05Vivian is back in New York.
12:06She's visiting old Mr. Morgan.
12:11He ended it on the spot and left.
12:16Old Mr. Morgan.
12:17I gave the front desk my grandfather's name and found the room without any trouble.
12:23He knocked.
12:24A warm voice came from inside.
12:27Cassian's heart was pounding.
12:29Come in.
12:31I thought it was a nurse.
12:32I wasn't expecting the man who walked through that door.
12:35My lips parted.
12:37How was he here?
12:39It had been four years.
12:40He looked exactly the same.
12:41Cassian smiled and walked in.
12:43Mr. Morgan, I heard you weren't feeling well.
12:45I came as soon as I could.
12:46He looked at Cassian warmly.
12:48Cassian.
12:49Good of you to come.
12:51Sit down, sit down.
12:53There was only one sofa in the room.
12:55I was already sitting on one side.
12:57He turned his head and looked at me with an easy smile.
13:00Viv.
13:01It's been a while.
13:02I pressed my palm against my knee and managed a small smile.
13:06Yeah.
13:06It has.
13:08Cassian kept talking with my grandfather.
13:10You were bad.
13:10But his eyes kept drifting back to me.
13:12My grandfather watched him carefully.
13:14After about 40 minutes, Cassian stood to leave.
13:17My grandfather looked at me.
13:18Viv, walk Castle down, would you?
13:20I didn't want to, but I walked out with him anyway.
13:23We moved down the corridor side by side.
13:25These past few years, have you been okay?
13:30Pretty good.
13:31You?
13:32He smiled.
13:33Same as always.
13:34That wasn't true.
13:35It took him a few months after the divorce to understand how much he loves me.
13:39By then, I was already gone.
13:41He'd spend every day thinking about me.
13:43I stood on the sidewalk with a polite smile as Cassian opened the car door.
13:46Thank you for coming to see my grandfather today.
13:48It means a lot.
13:49Don't mention it.
13:49If you ever need anything, call me.
13:51Even just as a friend.
13:52I nodded and turned back toward the hospital entrance.
13:55That is when Sebastian came through a side door with the kids.
13:58My son and daughter, both of them toddling toward me on short legs.
14:01I scooped one up in each arm and kept walking.
14:05Cassian's car hadn't moved.
14:06He leaned forward, the window tint clearing.
14:08He saw a man, two small children, all three of them gravitating straight to me.
14:13Something in his chest tore open.
14:15Office.
14:16The car pulled away.
14:18He stayed at the office until almost nine.
14:20Work was the only thing that kept the images at bay.
14:23But the moment he closed his eyes that night, the scene outside the hospital replayed on a
14:28loop.
14:28She'd moved on, married someone else, built something real.
14:31She used to be my wife and I didn't take care of what I had.
14:38The desk lamp burned all night.
14:40By the time morning light filtered through the curtains, he hadn't slept.
14:43He pressed his fingers to his temples, got up, showered, drank two large black coffees,
14:49and went back to work.
14:51Two weeks later, grandpa was cleared to leave the hospital.
14:55My brother Alex and I arrived early that morning to bring him home.
14:59The car pulled through the gate of the Morgan estate and into the drive, before it had fully
15:05stopped.
15:05The twins came running.
15:08Great-grandpad!
15:11He took one hand in each of his and beamed.
15:14There are my two.
15:15Did you miss me?
15:17Yes, great-grandpad!
15:23The house had always been quiet, just the housekeeper and the staff.
15:27Now there were children's shoes by the door and crayon drawings on the hall table, and
15:32the rooms felt warmer than they had in years.
15:35That evening, after I got both kids down, I slipped out of their room.
15:39The housekeeper was waiting in the hallway.
15:42Miss Whitfield, your grandfather is asking for you in the study.
15:47I'll be right there.
15:51When I reached the second floor study, I found grandpa and Alex already seated at the table
15:55by the window.
15:56Just several folders spread across the surface.
15:59Vivian?
16:00What-what happened?
16:01Henderson said you called me in a hurry.
16:03Well, looks like there was a misunderstanding.
16:06My dear, sit down.
16:08You look terrified.
16:09I greeted them both and settled into an empty chair.
16:11Alex.
16:13Vivian.
16:14I asked Henderson to bring you both up because I have something to say.
16:17Your mother was my only child.
16:19That makes you my only heirs.
16:21After this illness, I know I'm not what I was.
16:24You'll need to take responsibility for the family's business.
16:27Both of you.
16:28My chest tightened.
16:29Watching him in the lamplight.
16:31Silver.
16:32Haired.
16:32A little thinner than before.
16:35Viv.
16:36You've been back in New York a little while now.
16:38What are you thinking?
16:38Get the kids enrolled first.
16:40Then whatever you need from me, grandpa.
16:42You've spent the last few years abroad in gemology and jewelry design.
16:45You built a solid client base and private commissions over there.
16:48You know the industry well.
16:49I'd like you to take over Heron Jewelers.
16:52I kept my voice easy.
16:54Should I start at the bottom first?
16:55He laughed.
16:56I trust you completely.
16:58Even if you run the whole thing into the ground, consider it practice.
17:02Something warm moved through me.
17:04I'll give it everything I have.
17:05When we'd finished talking about me, grandpa looked back at Alex.
17:09You're the Whitfield heir, but you're also mine.
17:11I'm still on my feet.
17:12I can carry this for a few more years.
17:14After that, I can't say.
17:15Alex said quietly.
17:17Give me one year, grandpa.
17:19Whether or not I end up with dad's company, I'll step into Morgan housings within a year.
17:22You'll be able to rest.
17:23Grandpa finally nodded.
17:26Good.
17:26One year.
17:31It's late.
17:32The three of us said goodnight.
17:36Goodnight, grandpa.
17:38The penthouse on the 23rd floor of Riverside Tower.
17:40I hadn't been back in years.
17:42I'd kept the access code, but expected the biometric registry to have purged me long ago.
17:46I said my name.
17:48Vivienne Whitfield.
17:49Then the voice print prompt.
17:51A soft tone.
17:52Waiting.
17:52A half second.
17:53Pause.
17:53The lock released.
17:54The real estate agent stepped in behind me.
17:57He looked around.
17:57Everything's been kept clean.
17:59You'd never know the place had been empty.
18:00I was still working that out when Mrs. Miller came in from the balcony holding a watering
18:04can.
18:04Her face opened into a bright smile.
18:06Mrs. Sterling.
18:07You're back.
18:09I winced.
18:10Mrs. Miller, we've been divorced.
18:12That isn't really appropriate anymore.
18:13She flushed.
18:14I'm so sorry, Miss Whitfield.
18:16Old habit.
18:18It's fine.
18:20But why are you here?
18:21I settled your wages the day I moved out.
18:23Mr. Sterling hired me to keep the place so it would be ready whenever you came back.
18:27Something complicated moved through me.
18:29Cassian had never paid attention to things like this when we were married.
18:32And now, years after the divorce, he'd quietly arranged it all.
18:36If I said I felt nothing for Cassian, that would be a lie.
18:39But I'd heard it from his own mouth.
18:40I don't have feelings for Vivian.
18:42I'm not going to have kids with her.
18:43Whatever small thing had been growing in me back then, it died the moment those words
18:47did.
18:48The agent interrupted my thoughts.
18:50Miss Whitfield, is it alright if I take some photos?
18:53Of course.
18:53Go ahead.
18:54You're selling?
18:55It's just sitting here.
18:57Better to free up the capital.
18:58I read her expression without difficulty.
19:01Mrs. Miller, if nothing else comes up for you, would you consider coming to work at
19:07the Morgan House?
19:09She said immediately,
19:11I would love that.
19:13One condition.
19:14You cut contact with Cassiel.
19:16Completely.
19:17She tapped the slim band on her wrist without hesitation.
19:20He swept it away in front of me.
19:21The agent finished his photos.
19:24I left with Mrs. Miller.
19:27When Mrs. Miller saw the twins back at the Morgan House, she understood immediately why
19:32I had insisted.
19:33She stared at the two of them, both unmistakably carrying Cassian Sterling's features.
19:37The boy especially.
19:38His eyes.
19:39His nose.
19:40The set of his jaw.
19:41She'd watched me go through morning sickness right before the divorce.
19:44There was no question in her mind.
19:47Mrs. Miller, these two are your main responsibilities from now on.
19:52Go there.
19:53I introduced her to the kids.
19:57Mrs. Miller had worked as a nanny and infant caregiver for years.
20:00And it showed.
20:02Warm.
20:03Patient.
20:04Instinctively good with them.
20:05By the next morning, she was out in the garden with both of them on her own.
20:09I breathed out.
20:10That was one thing settled.
20:11Next, find a preschool.
20:13And start preparing to take over Harrow Jewelers.
20:15A few weeks later, the whole household was gathered around the long dining table at lunch.
20:20When the housekeeper came over quietly.
20:22Miss Whitfield, you've had several calls.
20:24And held out the house comm panel.
20:29I thanked him, stepped away from the table, and answered.
20:32Miss Whitfield, this is Selina from Northbridge Realty.
20:35Hi, Selina.
20:36What's going on?
20:37Someone came to view your listing this morning.
20:38They've already put down a deposit.
20:40I wanted to check your schedule for signing the transfer paperwork.
20:43The apartment was listed at 18 million.
20:45It had been on the market for one day.
20:48Already?
20:48I said.
20:49Selina laughed.
20:50I was surprised, too.
20:51He just had a quick look around and pulled out his card.
20:53Is he local?
20:54Sounds like it from his accent.
20:56But I didn't recognize him.
20:57Maybe I'm just bad with faces.
21:00I'll go there this afternoon.
21:01I didn't push further.
21:02I walked into the Northbridge Realty office.
21:05The buyer's face was familiar in a way I couldn't immediately place.
21:08I hadn't been to Cassian's company.
21:09I'd only crossed paths with this man once, at a formal dinner.
21:13I didn't know he was Cassian's executive assistant.
21:15Miss Whitfield, this is Mr. Joe.
21:19Miss Whitfield, good to meet you.
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