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The Lost Pack by N.O Darling

The Lost Pack by N.O Darling

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The Billionaire Who Lost Everything Except His Last Hope

Paige’s life has been a battlefield since the day she lost her parents. With a newborn in her arms and a teenage sister to raise, she made herself a single promise—to survive no matter what. Years later, she is doing everything she can to be a good mother to her six-year-old son, Jaxon, and create a peaceful life in a small town. But life seems determined to break her again.

Jaxon, though a loving and gentle child at heart, has unusual strength he cannot control. When he accidentally injures his best friend at school, the headteacher permanently expels him, insisting Jaxon is a danger to other students. Paige defends her son, heartbroken that the school is abandoning such a young boy instead of helping him. As she leaves, trying to stay strong, she hides her devastation from Jaxon and comforts him as he innocently plans to apologize with a drawing.

The same day, the Scout group also removes Jaxon due to pressure from other parents. Paige feels the entire town turning against her child, judging him without understanding. She carries the weight in silence, preparing Jaxon’s favorite dinner and hoping her husband Greg will offer support.

But Greg—a man who has already grown distant—returns home cold, withdrawn, and uninterested in talking. Before Paige can explain what happened, he delivers a final blow: he already knew about the expulsion and cruelly blames Jaxon, saying the boy is turning into his biological father. His resentment is clear, and instead of comfort, he abandons her for the night.

When Paige later hears Greg’s phone buzzing and checks it, her world finally shatters. The messages reveal he is having an affair with a woman named Leanne. “Have you told her yet?” “I love you.” “I miss your touch.” Her knees buckle as she realizes the marriage she has fought for is already gone.

The next morning, she confronts Greg. Instead of remorse, he shifts the blame onto her, claiming she never truly loved him and always held onto the past—specifically, to Ryder, Jaxon’s father who disappeared years ago. Paige finally stops trying. She asks only one question—“Do you love her?”—and when he refuses to admit guilt or take responsibility, she finds her strength. For the first time in years, she chooses herself and her son. She says the words that free her: “I want a divorce.”

Paige packs her bags, takes Jaxon, and leaves. In the car, she hides her pain and calls it an “adventure” so her son won’t carry her emotional burden. They eat pancakes, and while Jaxon quietly struggles with the idea of leaving his home, Paige makes phone calls to secure a fresh start.

Her sister Poppy, the one person she can rely on, offers a small rental house near her university. With no job restrictions, no school ties, and no one left in the town who loves them, Paige agrees. She buys flowers for her parents’ grave, including lavender and blue roses—symbols of calm and love. A single black rose she keeps separate, a symbol of her grief, her unanswered questions, and the memories tied to Ryder—the boy she once loved and lost.

Before leaving town for good, Paige makes one last stop: Ryder’s old house. Neglected, abandoned, and frozen in time, it still holds the ghosts of her past and the questions that have haunted her for six years. Jaxon, innocent and hopeful, thinks his father might be hiding inside, but Paige knows better. Still, she places the black rose at the house—like a final goodbye to the life she never understood and never got closure from.

With that, Paige closes the chapter of betrayal, judgment, loneliness, and loss. She drives away toward a new town, a new school, and a new life—determined to protect her son, rebuild her heart, and stop merely surviving. Now, she plans to live.


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