Boaz stormed into her space, breathless, shocked.
“It’s mine, right?”
She froze.
Silence.
Then he did something unexpected.
He pulled her closer.
“I’ll take responsibility. I’ll be your boyfriend officially. I’ll protect you. I’ll marry you if I have to. I won’t let my child grow up without a family.”
Her chest tightened.
He believed the lie she never told.
And she was too scared to correct him.
“Okay…” she whispered.
He kissed her forehead like a promise.
And that’s how a lie became destiny.
Their complicated love story officially began…