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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18 — “Where Silence Grows”

Fini Aulianna vanished.

No press conference. No goodbyes. No trace.

She left behind the mansion, the scandals, the betrayal… and Calvin.

Only one person knew — her doctor, who helped her board a flight to Japan in the middle of the night, heavily cloaked, one hand on her swollen belly.

She didn't cry. She didn't look back.

She just whispered to herself,

> "You will be born into peace, my baby… even if I never have it."

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Tokyo, Six Months Later

The city pulsed with quiet beauty. Neon lights, cherry blossoms, and peaceful streets — a world far from the noise she left behind.

Fini now lived in a tiny apartment in a quiet neighborhood. She worked part-time as a translator online. Wore loose clothes, hid her past, and focused only on the life growing inside her.

She gave birth to a baby boy alone.

> His name was Akihiro Ezra Aulianna.

She held him to her chest and cried for the first time in months.

Not because she was sad — but because she finally felt whole.

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Back in Indonesia…

No one knew where she went.

Not even Ezra's mother.

Not even her father.

Calvin stormed every contact, every airline, but nothing led to her. He was too late.

His world unraveled.

He stared at her old room every night, waiting for her to walk back in.

But she never did.

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Liora's Triumph

Liora walked through the halls like a queen. She smiled at Calvin, fed him carefully, and whispered sweet lies in his ear every night.

"She left you, Calvin… you have every right to move on."

And one night, broken and tired, he did.

He let Liora in — fully this time.

He called her over.

He kissed her.

He held her all night.

> And a month later… she showed him a test.

Two lines.

A baby.

His daughter.

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Calvin's Reaction

His heart stopped.

He had no idea how to feel.

Was it punishment?

Was it fate?

Liora smiled through the tears. "This can be our new beginning…"

But in his eyes, there was only one thing.

Guilt.

Because while Liora celebrated…

Calvin stared at the night sky and whispered,

> "Fini… where are you?"

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