HE WALKED OUT OF HIS OWN WEDDING AFTER HEARING A BABY CRY—BUT THE NEWBORN WAS ONLY THE FIRST SECRET HIS FAMILY HAD BURIED
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Chapter 26 - Naomi’s Architecture
Naomi returned fully to architecture.
She became partner in firm.
Not “billionaire’s wife.”
Her work stood.
When reporters called her “woman whose baby stopped wedding,” she corrected:
“Architect Naomi Carter Cole.”
Then no more.
She designed maternity family center years later.
Not because trauma? Could be meaningful but cliché. Better she designed public library.
Normal.
Her life not only childbirth.
Ethan attended opening.
Emma proud.
Patricia asked:
“Did Cole fund?”
Naomi:
“No.”
Patricia smiled.
“Good.”
Respect.
Then Ethan realized Naomi had once been told he could give future.
She built own.
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That made their relationship healthier.
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