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His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 16
IslaSomewhere between Leo’s laughter and Lucien’s steady presence at our door, the world tilted slightly off its axis.I stood at the sink later that night, scrubbing a dish I’d already rinsed twice. Leo was asleep—tucked under the same navy comforter he insisted made him “brave enough to fight dream dragons”—and I could still hear echoes of his laughter from earlier that afternoon.Lucien had shown up. On time. Present. Engaged.I should’ve felt relief.Instead, I felt… unsteady.Five years ago, I would’ve given anything for Lucien Vale to look at me the way he did today. With softness. With quiet certainty. Like I was something he wasn’t just interested in—like I was something sacred.And yet, now that he was finally here, I didn’t know how to let him back in without reopening every old wound.I turned off the faucet and leaned against the counter, drying my hands slowly. The apartment was quiet except for the soft hum of the heater, and the weight of silence pressed down on me.He
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 15
LucienThere are moments in life that split you in two.Before Isla told me about Leo, I was a man with regrets but no anchor. I carried guilt like a stone in my pocket, something I could keep hidden as long as I didn’t look down. But now? Now the guilt had a face. A name. A laugh that sounded like mine when he got excited.Leo.My son.I hadn’t known what to do with that truth the first time I saw him. It hit me like a fist to the chest, followed by a freefall of everything I’d missed. The milestones, the nights he’d cried himself to sleep, the tiny victories, the scraped knees, the birthdays.And Isla—she’d done it all alone.I sat in the back of my car after leaving the café, the city lights casting flickers across the windshield, and I didn’t move. My driver waited, silent, as I replayed every word she’d said.“This can’t be temporary. If you walk into his life, you’re staying.”She was right to say it. She was right to demand it.I had walked away once. That alone should’ve disqu
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 14
IslaI didn’t sleep that night.Not really.I just lay there with my eyes open, staring at the ceiling while the soft sound of Leo’s breathing filtered in from down the hall. He always snored a little when he was overtired, and after his day with Lucien, he’d practically collapsed into bed.But I couldn’t shut my mind off.I kept seeing Lucien’s face as he read Leo a story—his voice softer than I remembered, more patient, less like the man who used to bark orders over a phone line. His hand had rested gently on Leo’s blanket the entire time, as if anchoring himself there.And then his eyes when he looked at me.Like he saw something he hadn’t let himself see before.I turned onto my side and shut my eyes.But it was no use.When the sun finally crept through the blinds, I forced myself out of bed and into motion. Leo would be up soon, and if I didn’t beat him to the kitchen, he’d try to make pancakes on his own. Last time he nearly microwaved a fork.Sure enough, I heard his small fee
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 13
LucienI wasn’t expecting her to say yes.Not after the way I left things years ago—not after the silence, the heartbreak, the pieces I didn’t even try to pick up. So when Isla texted me that afternoon with nothing more than a time and an address, I stared at the screen for nearly five minutes, trying to convince myself it wasn’t a mistake.But it wasn’t.She let me come back.And this time, I wasn’t going to waste it.I picked up Leo from school. That might sound simple, ordinary, even. But for me, it was seismic. I’d closed billion-dollar deals and spoken at global summits with less anxiety than I had standing outside that red-brick elementary school in Brooklyn, watching a sea of tiny humans pour out of the doors like an overexcited tidal wave.I scanned for him nervously, palms sweating. Then I saw him—Leo, wearing a green hoodie with a stegosaurus on the front, his backpack bouncing as he ran toward me.He stopped short about five feet away. “You came,” he said, his voice careful
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 12
Isla’s POVLeo’s laughter echoed down the hallway as he raced his toy car across the floor, his socks sliding against the polished hardwood. For a moment, everything felt… normal. As if the storm brewing in my chest didn’t exist. As if Lucien Wolfe hadn’t shattered my carefully constructed walls just by showing up and daring to care.I stood in the kitchen doorway, arms folded, watching them. Leo and Lucien. My son and his father. They were sitting on the floor, completely unaware of the chaos they were creating inside me.Lucien was trying—really trying. And Leo, the sweet boy he was, had already begun letting him in.“He said I’m fast,” Leo said proudly when he caught me watching. “Faster than his car.”Lucien smiled and raised an eyebrow at me. “He’s not wrong. Kid’s got reflexes.”I gave a small, forced smile and walked to the kitchen counter, mostly to hide how shaken I still was. My emotions were tied in a thousand knots, and Lucien—being here, being him—was pulling on every one
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 11
IslaI spent the next few days caught in a whirlwind of emotions, torn between wanting to keep Lucien at arm’s length and feeling an undeniable pull towards him. It wasn’t just his words that got to me; it was the way he behaved around Leo. The way he cared for him, played with him, and showed up—despite the past. It all felt so… genuine. But I couldn’t shake the doubt that lingered in the back of my mind.Lucien had never been the kind of person who stuck around. I knew that. I had seen firsthand how easy it was for him to walk away when things got difficult. And now, after all this time, was he really different? Or was this just another game? A way for him to fix what he had broken, only to walk away again once he got what he wanted?The thought gnawed at me every night as I lay awake, staring at the ceiling. Leo would be fine. He had me. I was everything he needed. But Lucien? He was a wildcard. And I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of impact he’d have on Leo’s life if I let him
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 10
IslaThe weight of my decision to let Lucien into our lives again felt heavier with every passing day. I should have known that once he was back, once he set foot in our world again, I wouldn’t be able to keep him at arm’s length forever. But I had tried. I had tried so hard.I never expected him to show up the way he had. No grand gestures, no expensive gifts, no trying to buy his way back into my heart. He simply showed up. He spent time with Leo. He played games. He did all the right things—the small things that made it impossible to ignore him.I had to admit, I had seen the change in him. I couldn’t pretend it wasn’t there. But I also couldn’t ignore the reality of what had happened in the past. Lucien wasn’t just someone I had loved. He was the person who had abandoned me when I needed him the most. He was the father of my son, yet he had barely been there for either of us.I knew I was being unfair. I could see that. Leo deserved to know his father. He deserved the chance to ha
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 9
LucienIt had been a week since our first encounter in the park. A week since I’d stood there, like a man on the edge of something I couldn’t quite grasp. Leo had barely spoken to me since that day, and Isla—though she hadn’t pushed me away—kept her distance in her own way.Every day since, I found myself wanting more. Wanting to be there for Leo, to prove that I could be the father he deserved. But Isla was right. It wasn’t going to happen overnight. Trust was something that had to be earned, and right now, I was starting from scratch.Today, though, felt different. I was in the office, running through the usual meetings, handling the endless flow of calls, but my mind kept drifting back to them—Isla and Leo. I hadn’t expected this, not when I first found out about Leo. I thought I could just buy my way into his life, maybe offer a few grand gestures, and call it a day. But it wasn’t like that.It was harder. It was so much harder.The door to my office opened, and Marco, my right-ha
His Heir, Her Secret Chapter 8
Lucien’s POVWe walked in silence for a few more moments, the cool evening air surrounding us as the last rays of the sun dipped behind the trees. Leo was a few steps ahead, his little legs moving quickly, clearly enjoying the freedom of the open space. But it was Isla’s silence that weighed heavily on me.I could feel the distance between us—the invisible gap that had only grown wider with the years. She was here, but she wasn’t here. Her presence was physical, but her heart, her mind—they were somewhere else, locked away behind walls I wasn’t sure I could scale.I knew she was angry. I knew she had every right to be.But more than that, she was scared. And I understood that fear. Hell, I lived with it every day. Fear of the unknown, fear of things not working out, fear of losing the one thing that had kept me human for so long: Leo.“You don’t trust me,” I said, the words slipping out before I could stop them.Isla didn’t flinch, but I saw the tightening of her jaw. She kept her eye
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