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Seven years into my marriage with Julian Thorne, I discovered he had a seven-year-old child. And I wasn’t the mother. "Ma'am, we can't process this child's official registration." I froze. "What do you mean? My husband and I only have this one child, our baby!" The clerk double-checked, her expression turning rather knowing. "You certainly only have this one child. But Mr. Thorne isn't… single." "He has another seven-year-old son. His mother's name is Seraphina Cross. Do you know her?" I was stunned, a faint twitch at the corner of my mouth. Seraphina Cross? Of course, I knew her. Julian and I were practically destined for each other, childhood sweethearts from families that had always approved of our match. And Seraphina Cross? She was the cheap bar hostess Julian had a one-night stand with, that one time we had a huge fight, and he went out to drown his sorrows. The moment I stepped out of the registration office, I called my childhood best friend. "Time for a new dad for my kid. Are you in?" "Scarlett, what