LOGINInside, Blair sat on the sofa, her hand resting on her slight belly, while Roman stood nearby deep in conversation with Luca. Two-year-old Olivia was showing off her drawings to anyone who would look."Aunt Keira!" Olivia shouted, abandoning her colouring-in to run across the room. Keira bent down,
Olivia, growing restless, wiggled off Blair’s lap. “Can I go play with my blocks?”“Yes, but stay in the playroom,” Roman told her. “I’ll be there in a minute.”As Olivia skipped off, Roman pulled Blair to her feet and into his arms. “You look tired. You should have let me bring someone in to handle
“Mama! Look!”Blair looked up from her laptop to see her two-year-old daughter, Olivia, proudly showing off a crayon drawing that was mostly colorful scribbles.“That’s beautiful, sweetheart,” Blair said, genuinely impressed with the artwork of her toddler. “Is that our family?”Olivia nodded madly,
"Is that what you think?" Niko's voice was dangerously quiet. "That your only value is as a... what? A royal broodmare?""It's the reality of our position," she insisted. "The Wystovian crown needs an heir. You need an heir. And I can't—" Her voice broke.Niko crossed the distance between them in th
"I'm trying to protect him—""From what? From having a choice?" Keira's voice grew stronger. "You're deciding what's best for Niko without asking him what he wants. That's not protection, that's control."Amelia stared at her, startled by the blunt assessment."Look, I get it. The pressure is overwh
Amelia shook her head, the weight of her failure pressing down on her. "The doctors say there's nothing wrong with Niko, which means the problem lies with me. I'm considering stepping aside, letting him divorce me so he can marry someone who can actually give him an heir." She glanced at Keira, sudd
“You’ve changed since she came along,” Nicole continued, her voice rising. “You never used to question me. We were a team. Until she showed up with her pregnant belly and her pretty face…”“Stop,” Luca commanded, his voice like a whip.Nicole fell silent, breathing hard.“The facts are these,” Luca
The Cyber10 office was in an uproar when they arrived. Jake met them at the elevator on the development floor, his usually calm demeanor replaced by barely controlled panic.“It’s worse than I thought,” he said, falling into step beside them. “The virus bypassed all our security protocols. It’s like
Sunlight spilled in through the curtains as Sutton opened her eyes. It was so bright she knew it had to be late in the morning… the kind of brightness that pressed behind her eyelids and made the world feel slow and still.Her body ached in places she hadn’t felt in months, the kind of delicious sor
“I can’t—Luca—” she gasped. “I’m gonna—”“Come on, my mouth,” he said, voice thick, his breath hot against her. “I want you to.”That did it.She came with a sharp, shuddering cry, her thighs clamping down around his head, her hands scrabbling for purchase on the cold, hard table edge behind her. He







