Olivia’s POV

“Mia is not your daughter and never was.”

The words tore from my lips, sharp and unrelenting, cutting through the air like blades. They were cruel, merciless, perhaps even inhumane to say to a father, but they were necessary. After everything I’d poured into loving Alexander, after all the effort I’d invested in building a warm, stable home for the family we might have had, he’d shattered it all without a second thought.

His selfishness, his arrogance, his fleeting ...