PREGNANT BY MY EX’S INFERTILE STEPBROTHER.
I thought I was about to become my boyfriend’s wife.
Instead, I became the woman he tried to destroy.
On his birthday, I discovered that the man I’d loved for years had a little plan to get rid of me. Drug me, frame me with another man and marry the wealthy heiress his family wanted.
Cute, right?
Except I escaped.
And somehow, in the middle of that nightmare, I ended up spending one unforgettable night with a stranger whose name I didn’t even know.
Then my boyfriend announced his engagement. And I discovered I was pregnant… With my ex’s stepbrother’s baby.
A man who happens to be filthy rich, dangerously possessive, and, according to everyone who knows him, infertile.
Yes. Infertile.
So imagine my surprise when he shows up at my door, looking like a man who’s about to buy the entire world just to get answers from me.
“You’re pregnant with my baby, yet you’re standing in front of me, telling me you don’t even remember my name.”
Well, excuse me, Your Majesty. I have bigger problems than remembering the name of a stranger I spent one night with.
Like the fact that he’s my ex’s stepbrother. The fact that he wants a paternity test.
And the fact that he’s suddenly determined to take responsibility for a baby he supposedly can’t father.
He says he’ll take care of me. He says nobody will touch me or my baby. He says I belong under his protection.
But there’s one tiny problem.
He’s not supposed to want me. And I’m not supposed to want him.
Because falling for my ex’s stepbrother, the infertile man whose child I'm carrying?
That could destroy us all.
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Chapter: 004: ABSOLUTE MIRACLE.~~~ZAYDEN.The private line on my desk began to chime, the low vibration cutting cleanly through the silence of my penthouse office.I leaned back in my leather armchair, swirling the amber liquid in my crystal glass, watching the screen light up with an unsaved number.I knew that number. I had memorized it three days ago when I left my black business card on her kitchen counter.A dark, satisfied smile pulled at the corner of my mouth.Three days. She had lasted exactly seventy-two hours against Julian’s public media machine, her landlord’s immediate eviction notice, and a frozen bank account. I had ensured Julian’s legal team met zero resistance when they tried to corner her. I needed her desperate. I needed her completely isolated, left with no safety net, no family, and no options.Because a woman fighting for her pride will refuse help. But a mother backed into a corner will do whatever it takes to survive.I set my glass down with a heavy clink, picked up the phone, and tapped
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Chapter: 003: YOUR OFFER.~~~ANNABETH.The press conference was being broadcast live from the lobby of the Bentley Financial building downtown.I stood outside the heavy glass entrance, clutching my coat around myself as a cold wind whipped through the courtyard. I had spent the last two days calling Julian, texting him, begging for just five minutes of his time to clear up the quiet rumors he was spreading behind closed doors. He had ignored every single call.Now, seeing the throngs of reporters with flashing cameras entering the building, I knew I couldn't stay quiet anymore. I wasn't going to let him turn three years of my life into a lie. I needed him to say it to my face.I pushed through the revolving doors, slipping past security in the chaos of the press gathering.Julian was standing at the podium on the elevated stage, dressed in an immaculate charcoal tuxedo. Beside him stood Claira Montgomery, sparkling in a navy satin dress that probably cost more than my entire life's savings. Julian’s mother, E
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Chapter: 002: A TOTAL NIGHTMARE.~~~ANNABETH.The knock sounded again, heavier this time. It rattled the cheap lock on my door and made my heart hammer against my ribs like a trapped bird.My feet felt glued to the floor. Part of me wanted to pretend I wasn't home, but the sheer presence of the man standing on the other side of that thin piece of wood made it clear that hiding wasn't an option. He knew I was here.I took a deep breath, stepped forward, and unlocked the door.I pulled it open just a few inches, keeping my hand firm on the handle. "Who are you? What do you want?"The man didn't answer right away. He simply pushed the door inward with a single finger, stepping past me into my small apartment as if he owned the entire building.The room instantly felt tiny, and almost suffocating. His broad shoulders and tall frame seemed to absorb all the light in the entryway. He wore an immaculate charcoal suit made of fabric that probably cost more than my entire year's rent, smelling of expensive perfume, and absolu
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Chapter: 001: FROM THE DARK ROOM.~~~ANNABETH.“You’re pregnant, Ms. Collins.”The words from the doctor floated across the small examination room, but they didn’t land. They just hung in the air, echoing in my ears like a foreign language I couldn’t translate.I stared at the white plastic stick resting on the metal tray between us, the two bright pink lines staring back at me with unblinking cruelty."Are you sure?" I whispered, my voice sounding impossibly small. "There has to be a mistake. A false positive or something."Dr. Evans gave me a gentle, sympathetic smile, folding her hands over her clipboard. "Blood tests don't lie, Annabeth. Hormone levels confirm it. You are roughly three weeks along. How are you feeling about this?"Three weeks.The math hit me like a physical blow to the chest.Three weeks ago today, my life had completely and utterly shattered.I shook my head, gripping the edge of the examination table until my knuckles turned stark white. "I... I can't be. I haven't been with anyone. Not since..
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