LOGINOlivia Parker ran away seven years ago with a broken heart and a secret. She was pregnant with Ethan Hayes' child. The man who was supposed to be her fated mate chose another woman over her and believed every lie told against her. Alone and scared, Olivia left New York and built a new life for herself and her son. Now she is back. A funeral drags her into the Hayes Mansion again. A shocking will forces her to live under the same roof as the man she swore never to see again. But Ethan is no longer the man she left behind. He is powerful and dangerous. And determined to uncover every secret she is hiding. As old feelings come back to life, hidden lies begin to fall apart. A jealous ex is plotting in the shadows. Family secrets threaten to destroy everything. And the biggest truth of all is only one step away from being exposed. What will happen when Ethan discovers that the little boy with his eyes is actually his son? And when the truth finally comes out, will he fight for his mate... or break her heart all over again? She ran to protect her child. Now she must fight to keep him.
View More"I should have found this room months ago." I paced the narrow space, my fists clenched so tight my knuckles had gone white. "This is my house. I grew up here. How does someone build a hiding place inside my own home and I never notice?""Stop." Olivia caught my arm, forcing me to stand still. "This isn't your fault, Ethan.""It's exactly my fault. I'm responsible for this family's security. I'm responsible for keeping you and Noah safe, and somebody's been standing close enough to take pictures of us without either of us ever noticing.""You didn't build this room," Olivia said firmly. "You didn't hide inside it. Blaming yourself for someone else's crime doesn't make either of us safer. It just makes you useless to the part where we actually fix this."I looked at her, something in her voice cutting through the spiral I'd been falling into, and forced myself to take a breath."You're right," I said. "I'm sorry.""Don't apologize. Just help me go through this properly." She turned bac
"That's not possible," I said, staring at the screen. "Harold hasn't set foot in this house in years. I would have known.""The logs don't lie, Ethan." My security chief stood beside the terminal, his own face grim. "Someone's been using his credentials consistently, accessing internal systems from a location inside this property. Either he's been coming and going without anyone noticing, or someone inside this house has been feeding him access."I called a full lockdown before he'd even finished the sentence, every door sealed, every member of staff gathered into the main hall within twenty minutes, Noah kept upstairs with Victoria and two guards posted outside his room despite his sleepy protests that he wanted to see what was happening.I questioned every single person in that hall myself, staff who had worked for this family for years, people I'd trusted without ever really examining why. Most of them had nothing useful to offer, confusion and fear plain on their faces at being pu
"They already came for my son." My voice shook with a fury I didn't try to hide. "Three weeks ago, Madison. He was taken from our own kitchen. What exactly do you think saying a name out loud is going to change that hasn't already happened?"Madison's hands were trembling, her composure finally gone completely. "You don't understand what you're asking me to risk.""I understand exactly what I'm asking." I kept my eyes locked on hers, refusing to let her retreat back into vagueness now. "Give me the name, or get out of this house."She stared at me for a long moment, and I watched something shift behind her eyes, some final calculation resolving itself."Harold Voss," she said quietly.The name meant nothing to me, but I called Ethan immediately, my hands shaking as I relayed it over the phone, and the silence on his end told me it meant something terrible to him.He arrived at the mansion within the hour, his face pale, his jaw set in a way that made my stomach drop before he'd said a
"Olivia." Victoria's voice carried up the stairs, tight with warning. "Madison's here. She's asking to see you."I set down the glass of water I'd been holding and felt my whole body go rigid. Noah was asleep upstairs, finally, after a day that had worn all of us thin, and the last thing I wanted was Madison Reed anywhere near this house tonight."Tell her to leave.""She says it's urgent. Olivia, she looks frightened. I've known that woman for years and I've never seen her look like this." Victoria's voice had an edge to it I rarely heard, something closer to worry than her usual careful composure.I almost said it again, tell her to leave, tell her I don't care how she looks. But something in my mother's voice, some genuine unease I rarely heard from her anymore, made me pause with my hand still wrapped around the water glass.I went down anyway, because some instinct told me ignoring this would cost more than hearing it out, and found Madison standing in the entryway, her hands twi












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