LOGINAutumn Hayes never loved Ethan Grant when she married him. It was an arranged marriage born from grief, obligation, and a promise she thought she had to keep. But over five years, Autumn gave Ethan something real—her loyalty, her heart, and a love he never seemed to notice. Then his first love returns. Humiliated, betrayed, and left to grieve a loss alone, Autumn finally walks away from the man who never chose her. But freedom comes with a dangerous truth: her father’s death may not have been an accident, and the Grant family may be hiding far more than a broken marriage. Enter Cal Hendrick—the ruthless billionaire with a private war against the Grants and a son who unexpectedly sees Autumn as family. A contract marriage is supposed to protect Autumn’s future and help Cal destroy the empire that ruined his life. It is not supposed to make Ethan jealous. It is not supposed to make Autumn fall for the one man who understands her scars. As Autumn rebuilds her career, claims her hidden legacy, and becomes the woman no one can control, Ethan realizes the wife he ignored was never weak. She simply gave her heart to the wrong man. And by the time he finally understands what he lost, it is already too late.
View MoreAutumn felt her heart cut through her throat. Out of panic, she stretched out her hands. One tried to grab the rails, and the other was held out towards Lydia, hoping that she would catch her.Neither plan worked.“Lydia,” Autumn gasped, her heart pounding and her eyes wide as she realized quickly that she was falling.The name had barely left her mouth when her hip hit the first step. Pain shot through her side, and she cried out.Autumn tried to stop the fall herself. She grabbed at anything she could on the way down, but she couldn’t. Her body kept moving fast, her shoulders struck the edges of the stairs, and the ceiling started to spin above her.In that moment, only one thought was on her mind.Her baby.With a loud cry, Autumn’s arm curled around her stomach protectively to protect her baby when she hit the floor.For a moment, she could not hear anything. She tried to speak, but her mouth wouldn’t move. The only visual she had was the underside of the staircase.Fear gripped A
“What’s wrong?” Lydia scoffed. She looked at Ethan and her mother. “Can you believe her? She is asking what’s wrong?”“Because I don’t see the problem,” Autumn told her.Lydia turned around and grabbed Autumn’s hand harshly. “Look at this picture, and tell me you see nothing wrong with it?” She snapped. “Do you think we are stupid?”“You can come to that conclusion on your own,” Autumn shrugged and ripped her arm from Lydia’s hold. “And don’t grab me like I’m one of your maids."Autumn looked at the photo again. Whoever had taken the photo had chosen a convenient moment that was bound to go viral.She wondered if the person had done it on purpose, knowing who they both were.“Can I see the picture?” Autumn asked, still calm. She needed to make sure Leo was not in the picture. She knew Cal wouldn’t want him exposed.“Why? So that you can delete it?”Autumn looked at Lydia like she was the stupidest person in the room, and she probably was. “I cannot delete a photo from the internet, Ly
“Miss Lang, the wine you asked for,” the maid said, placing the glass on the bedside table.Naomi barely glanced at her. The maid hesitated because it was very unusual for Naomi, who always treated them kindly.“Miss…” She tried again.Naomi glared at her. “Can’t you see I’m busy?” She snapped, and the maid flinched in shock.“I’m sorry,” She apologized and ran out of the room.It was after the door closed behind her that Naomi realized what she had done, but it was too late to take it back.She bit her fingers. That maid would go and tattle to her fellow maids, and soon Naomi’s reputation might be stained. She would go after the maid later and apologize, but right now, she had more problems on her mind.Autumn was pregnant.She was certain of it now. After Autumn left, she had snuck into her room while Sofia and Irene were busy and searched the entire room. She had seen the test results.She couldn’t remember how she walked from Autumn’s room back to hers because her mind had been wo
By the time they reached the park, Autumn was exhausted. She was having a hard time keeping up with Leo.Nobody had told her that 6-year-olds were extremely hyper. If Autumn could, she would drop to her knees and beg Leo to let her take a breather.It had been barely 5 hours since Autumn arrived, and they had gone to the ice cream shop, the aquarium, a toy shop, lunch break, and now the park.Autumn swallowed a protest. Her body felt heavier than it had this morning, and there was a dull ache in her lower back that made her want to sit down for a few minutes. Her feet hurt and she was tired.But she didn’t want to complain because whenever Leo turned to her with a beaming smile, she swallowed the exhaustion.He was worth it.Leo ran ahead of them, arms wide and giggling as he chased the birds that were settled under a tree.“Slow down, sweetheart. You’re going to hurt yourself if you run," she called after him but he ignored her and ran faster.Autumn rolled her eyes with a scoff. “He
By the time the gala was over, Naomi didn’t dare make a move to ride with Ethan.“Did something happen at the gala? Your mood has been sour since we got into the car” Lydia asked with a frown. She had been busy catching up with her friends so she didn’t have time to be with Naomi.Naomi smiled inwa
Ethan stormed out of the house with a lot on his mind. He thought that Autumn had changed so much in the last few days.Was she so upset about the dinner? It wasn’t like they were in love or something for her to get hurt that he didn’t show up. He didn’t want to judge her based on her upbringing,
Autumn and Zara talked for a while before Zara had to get back to work. Autumn picked herself from the bed and went to the bathroom.The sight of the wound on her shoulder ignited the anger she felt earlier and she felt the strong need to go back and deliver a hard slap across Lydia’s face.“They
Ethan’s eyes moved from Autumn’s hand around Lydia’s top to the bruise starting to form on her cheeks.His jaw tightened as he turned to Autumn. “Let her go” he ordered coldly. Behind him, Naomi peeked around his shoulders and gasped dramatically when she saw Lydia. “Lydia, what happened to you?”


















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