RETAKE
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Last published Sat, Jan 24, 2026
Anne Marie Lewis is already starting a new career on the creative side of fashion and not on display like she used to be when she was eighteen. Brent's coming back in the scene made her realize the feeling she thought was forgotten was nothing but in slumber. However, his heart had hardened to her, and he will not listen to reason. What more if he finds out about their child she kept in secret.
Brent Matthew Jefferson avoided places that will have a chance of him meeting the woman who was the cause of all his heartaches. The first time he unguarded himself, she came into his vision, reminding him of his past pain. So what is his reason to keep coming to her when he has a fiancee?
When Brent finds out the secret, she had hidden. He vowed to retake what he had lost. What will he do to obtain everything?
Will they be able to come to terms with the cause of their separation and be able to get back the love they had before and be a complete family? Or Brent's presence in Anne's life will be the beginning of her misery.
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