CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND 

TWENTY-THREE 

DARIUS’ POV 

{The Previous Day}

My heart stirred as I beheld the two children before me. My kids. Seeing the girl again, my resemblance was present in her shining face. 

And the boy… he was a combination of me and Hazel. They were really my kids—my heirs. 

They were… mine. 

The feeling in my chest felt tight. Like I couldn’t breathe. Just the pain of seeing them so close to me. I’d missed so many important things in their lives. Things I wanted to do with my heirs—take first steps, go out somewhere nice, hear them call my name. 

The girl smiled happily, her cheeks...