Or rather, Jack’s ex-wife, though Rebecca didn’t know that yet.
“She wasn’t angry,” Rebecca says, still amazed. “She was calm. Collected. Even kind. She told me she knew who I was, knew I was expecting Jack’s child, and wanted to meet. She didn’t blame me. She said she had something important to share—and she asked me to hear her out.”
“I wish I had told him. I wish I had prepared myself for what was coming. But curiosity won.”
Meeting the Woman I’d Been Told to Hate
“I recognized her right away,” Rebecca admits. “She was nothing like Jack had described.”
Kate was graceful. Attractive. Poised. And to Rebecca’s shock, she wasn’t alone.
Seated beside her were two children—Lily, 15, and Randall, 10. Jack’s children. Rebecca’s heart dropped.
“They greeted me like I was someone they’d known forever. Like I was just a friend of their mom’s. Not their dad’s pregnant mistress.”
Then, Kate said something Rebecca will never forget.
She turned to her children and, in a tone of composed honesty, said: “This is Rebecca. Your dad’s mistress.”
“It was surreal,” Rebecca says quietly.
A Calm Proposal—and a Shocking Truth
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