Shattered Vows: Call Me Auntie Now novel Chapter 139

Dante waited for a long time, but no reply from Quinn came.

His thumb obsessively traced the velvet gift box as a gnawing anxiety settled in his chest.

Just as he was about to give up and call her, her reply finally buzzed through.

[No thanks. I already have plans with a friend tonight.]

Staring at Dante's message, Quinn found the whole situation utterly laughable. For the past two years, he hadn't had a single spare moment for her on her birthday.

To be honest, even though she resented him back then, she still harbored feelings for him.

Even after discovering that condom, even after Toffee tragically died.

During those countless sleepless nights that followed, she had desperately tried to invent excuses for him.

She tried to convince herself that his incident with Vivienne was just a drunken mistake, or maybe Vivienne had manipulated him into it.

But time and time again, whenever she desperately needed him, he was nowhere to be found—and almost every single time, it was because of Vivienne.

Her birthdays over the last two years were no exception.

Even as the distance between them grew, she had still quietly hoped he would remember her special day. She didn't need a lavish gift or a grand romantic gesture.

On the first year, Mabel cooked a massive feast. Quinn sat drawing design sketches, but her eyes kept drifting toward the front door.

Yet, midnight came and went, and he never showed up.

She later found out that Vivienne's older brother had gotten into a bar fight and been dragged off by the police. Vivienne had begged Dante for help, and he had spent the entire night securing bail.

The following year, days before her birthday, he claimed a sudden crisis had erupted at a foreign subsidiary and he had to fly out immediately, promising to rush back in time to celebrate.

But that evening, just after she finished bathing Leo, she got a call saying the crisis hadn't been resolved and he wouldn't make it back.

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