s voice rang o

tly before he let go of K

e turned and rushe

ing him a handkerchief. "Mr.

pression unreadable. "Nothing. I thought she looked familiar-

who snuck into your room that night

rig

away, a strange look p

e'd seemed so untouched, trembling under his fin

yes-clear and bright, dra

Liam scanning the area, c

elf and walked

ders tightly. "Where were you? I thought s

ed back, inching away fr

ing to ask more, but she'd already started w

ome. Kayla tossed in bed, her

ght-would turn out to be Liam's uncle. The thou

s. The kind of man who crushed competitors wi

't keep this baby. If the Graham family found out, the

morning and take care of it-qu

grab a glass of water. As she reached the staircase,

re how you do it; find a way to fill that funding gap. We'v

e call ended, he hung up with

t had gone wrong with the company

opening and shutting echoe

started his car

h water in the quiet kitchen. Then, her phone buz

as gone to Tricia's. He's

lips. There was no hurt left. Only a holl

she drove hersel

d quick. But the doctor's words s

ondition, undergoing an abortion could make it diffi

, the words echo

n, yet carrying the baby wasn't somethin

this through with your husband. This isn'

and," she

she'd just been hit by a wave.

eventually have to give birth, and th

d now: divorce Liam before he

see the figure in front of her and

m, are you

ding there, tall and still as a statue, those intense eyes

y tucked the medical report

y, sensing something off. She'd been actin

or and reminded her, "You knocke

ls spilled near her feet-various bottle

lied on supplements. But that night, his stamina had been unq

ring with quiet disbelief and