MasukI woke up in his bed after one confusing night, and suddenly I was married to Dylan Carter, the man I'd loved in silence for twelve years. The man who was supposed to marry my sister. Everyone thinks I'm a scheming gold-digger who trapped Riverside's most eligible bachelor. Even Dylan believes I drugged him and orchestrated everything. He looks at me with pure hatred, spending every night with my sister while I wait alone in our empty house. Then I discovered I'm pregnant. But before I could tell him, I overheard the truth: my "perfect" sister Sophie was the one who planned that night. She drugged Dylan, called the reporters, set the whole trap, she just walked into the wrong room. And my adoptive family? They only took me in because Sophie needed my bone marrow. Everything I believed was a lie. Now Sophie's faking suicide attempts to manipulate Dylan into divorcing me, and my so-called family has disowned me in front of everyone. I'm alone, pregnant, and everyone in Riverside thinks I'm the villain in this story. But I've decided something: I'm not giving up. Not my husband, not my baby, and definitely not my future. Sophie wants the life she thinks I stole? She'll have to go through me first.
Lihat lebih banyakThe Identity Behind the NameEmma POV"He's not your brother."My mother's words echoed through the room.I stared at the screen, waiting for her to explain.But the recording had ended."No."I turned toward Nathan."Play it again."He hesitated."Emma—""Please."He restarted the recording.My mother's face appeared.Her frightened eyes.Her trembling voice.The same warning.The same terrible revelation.And then silence.I looked at Charles."You told us Daniel existed.""He did.""You told us he escaped.""Yes.""Then what does she mean?"Charles looked at the screen."I don't know."I laughed bitterly."Of course you don't."Dylan stepped beside me."Someone is using Daniel's identity."Nathan nodded."That would explain the messages."I shook my head."But whoever contacted us knew things only my family should know."Charles finally spoke."Knowing someone's secrets doesn't make you family."The words struck harder than I expected.For most of my life, I had called the Bennetts
The Child They TookEmma POV"What did you do to me?"Charles Whitmore stared at me.For the first time, he seemed unable to find the right words.I stepped closer."Answer me.""Emma, your mother made a decision—""What decision?"He looked toward Dylan.As though my husband could somehow rescue him from the conversation.Dylan's expression hardened."Don't look at me. Answer her."Charles sighed."Elizabeth returned to Riverside because she discovered the council had identified you as a potential subject."My stomach tightened."Subject?""You were only a baby."I stared at him."And that made me valuable?""No. Your family history made you valuable."Nathan looked up from the computer."Because of Daniel?"Charles nodded."The council wanted to determine whether Daniel's abilities were hereditary."I stepped backward.The room suddenly felt smaller.All my life, I had wondered why the Bennetts adopted me.Why they treated me differently.Why my childhood seemed filled with medical
The Truth About Our MotherEmma POV"What happened to my mother?"Charles Whitmore didn't answer.I stepped closer."Charles, I'm asking you a question."His eyes remained fixed on the screen.The message from Daniel was still there.DON'T TRUST CHARLES. HE KNOWS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO OUR MOTHER.For weeks, I had believed my parents were victims of Project Zero.Now I was discovering that my mother had helped create it.And somehow, the man standing before me knew more about her than he was willing to admit."Emma," Charles said carefully, "there are things you don't understand."I laughed bitterly."Then explain them.""It's complicated.""No."My voice rose."You don't get to hide behind that word anymore."Dylan stepped beside me."She's asked you a question."Charles looked at him."Your wife should be careful about believing messages from strangers.""He's my brother!""Someone claiming to be your brother."I froze."What?"Charles pointed at the screen."An account name isn't
The Brother I Never KnewEmma POV"My brother?"The words barely escaped my mouth.I stared at the woman on the screen.My mother.The woman I had spent years believing abandoned me.She was telling me I had a brother.Someone nobody had ever mentioned.Someone whose existence had somehow led to Project Zero."That's impossible," I whispered.Charles Whitmore said nothing.For once, he seemed content to let someone else explain.The recording continued."If you're watching this, Emma, then the people we trusted have already failed us."My mother's voice trembled."I need you to understand something. Your father and I never intended to hurt anyone."She looked away from the camera.Then back."Your brother was our first child."My chest tightened."His name was Daniel."I covered my mouth.Daniel Laurent.The name felt strange.Yet somehow familiar."He was brilliant," my mother continued. "He understood things other children struggled to comprehend. Numbers. Patterns. People's behavio
Emma POVI'd never seen Dylan look at me like that before. Well, that wasn't exactly true. He'd looked at me with hatred plenty of times, with disgust and contempt and barely concealed loathing. But this was different. This was rage mixed with something else, something darker that made my blood run
Emma POVA strong hand caught my arms, steadying me before I could fall."Careful there."I looked up, and my heart stopped.It was Dylan's younger brother, Marcus Carter. I'd only met him once, briefly, at the wedding. He'd been away on business ever since, somewhere overseas. I didn't even know h
Emma POV"Nothing," I said quickly. Too quickly. "Nothing's wrong with me."Dylan's eyes narrowed. He was studying me now, really looking at me in a way he hadn't since that first morning we woke up together. I could see his mind working, putting pieces together."You've been doing that all day, ha
Emma POV I woke up several hours later to the sound of raised voices downstairs. Dylan's voice was angry and sharp. And another voice, male, equally angry.I got out of bed and crept to the top of the stairs, staying in the shadows where I couldn't be seen.Dylan was in the foyer, and standing wit


















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