He went to South Carolina to forget his ex—until he saw her on the beach with twin children who had his eyes, and one question changed everything he believed about his life.

chest.

The boy turned his face.

Ethan stopped breathing.

The child had his eyes.

Not just the same color. Not just a resemblance. The same deep green eyes Ethan saw in the mirror every morning of his life.

Then the little girl ran back toward Lydia, and Ethan saw it again.

The same eyes.

The same small chin.

The same stubborn expression his mother used to continue reading …