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Chapter 71: REGRET

“Gavin!” she cried out again.

This time, their eyes met. Shock then instant disgust as he took in the sight of his long-lost wife. A tall, slender Native woman stood before him dressed head to toe in soft buckskin, her coffee-hued hair braided over her shoulder. Green eyes sparkled with hope, a dusting of freckles covering her flushed cheeks. His wife stood less than a foot away and yet, Gavin was frozen. In shock.

“I’ve come home…” Adelaide murmured.

“What exactly are you wearing?” Gavin finally found his voice but by his tone, it was clear he was not expecting an answer.

He stepped in front of the desk, circling the woman to who he had been married for more than a decade as though seeing her for the first time. He stopped, standing behind her, staring down at the baby attached to her back, his features darkening.

“What the hell have you done?!”

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