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The day Sebastian Foster's first love returned from abroad, Serena Hale lay in a hospital bed, hooked up to an oxytocin drip to induce labor. Sebastian left her—about to give birth to his child—and drove through the night to the airport to welcome Rosalind home. Fourteen hours alone in the delivery room. A daughter born into silence. Then a postpartum hemorrhage. When Serena finally woke from emergency surgery, her first call was to him. On the other end, a woman's sleepy, intimate whisper: "Sebastian… not so rough…" Serena hung up. Calmly. She signed herself out of the hospital, cradled her newborn, and went home alone. One month later, Sebastian kicked down her door, his eyes bloodshot, his voice cracked with fury: "Serena, where are you taking my daughter?" She smiled. Then pointed to the wedding cars lined up outside the window. "Step aside, Mr. Foster. You’re blocking my wedding."