登入LEO’S POV“Go on. Explain what that was all about,” Damian demanded, his eyes boring into mine unblinkingly.The three of us had managed to sneak out of the house before Cindy or Alaric could notice the awkwardness between us.We were sitting around a table in the garden tucked at the back of the house.Vicky and I sat side by side on the bench, while Damian sat directly opposite us. He had his arms crossed over his chest, looking like a seasoned detective interrogating two prime suspects.Silence stretched between us, and for the first time in my entire life, I was actually scared.I didn’t know if I was scared of my own son-in-law, or if I was terrified of the wreckage the truth was about to cause.Before tonight, I kept telling myself I was ready. I thought I had the stomach to face the music and tell the world about my affair with Vicky. But getting caught red-handed by Damian made me realize I wasn’t nearly as ready as I thought.Vicky was completely frozen next to me. She hadn’t
LEO’S POVI didn’t care about the danger.If anything, the recklessness of what we were doing only fueled the fire. I pulled out my fingers, ignoring the soft, desperate whimper that slipped past her lips at the sudden loss.Her thighs were shaking, her skin flushed, and her eyes were wide with a mix of panic and desire as she glanced over her shoulder toward the door.“Leo, please,” she breathed, clutching at my shirt. “Cindy’s gon’ come back. We can’t do this right now.”“I told you,” I growled. “I am not playing with you tonight.”Before she could fire back with that sharp mouth of hers, I captured her lips. I drove my tongue into her mouth, smothering her gasp before it could turn into a sound that would alert the whole house.She whimpered into the kiss, her resistance melting instantly as she melted against me, her hands moving up to grip the back of my neck, pulling me closer.She glanced toward the door again, breaking the kiss. I pulled her attention back to me, ensuring she
VICKY’S POVIt’s been two whole weeks since we left Athens, and I was already about to lose my mind.Cindy had finally announced she was ready to head back to Washington, D.C., after the baby’s dedication ceremony. She was all hyped up about her little girl havin’ dual citizenship: Greek and American.Honestly, watchin’ her pack made me start wonderin’ if that whole “acrophobia” thing she claimed to have while pregnant was just a total scam.Like, did she just make that up to keep us stuck in Athens just so she could have a Greek baby? Classic Cindy.We ended up namin’ the kid Eleni, which was actually pretty cute, but I was still side-eyein’ her the whole flight back.Touchin’ down in D.C. was a whole emotional rollercoaster for her. The second we pulled up to the Verilli estate, Cindy started tearin’ up.According to what I’d heard, she hadn’t stepped a single foot inside this mansion in years.Once we got settled, I got set up in a room right next to hers. That way, if Eleni starte
VICKY’S POVDamian stared down at the tiny creature in his arms, his tears drippin’ right onto the pink blanket. He held the baby so gently, like she was made of thin glass, before breakin’ down all over again.“She’s so beautiful, Cin,” Damian whispered, his voice crackin’ as he looked from the baby up to his wife. “She looks just as beautiful as her mother. Exactly like you.”He leaned over the bed, pressin’ a soft kiss to Cindy’s forehead, then down to her lips. He took her hand, squeezin’ it like he was never gonna let go.“Thank you, baby. Thank you for everythin’. You just gave me the best gift in the entire world. I love you so much.”Watchin’ the two of them right there, completely wrapped up in each other and lookin’ like a real, picture-perfect loving family, made somethin’ deep inside my chest completely melt.A sharp little pang of jealousy and longing hit me right in the gut.God, I wanted that.I wanted to be in a situation like this one day, holdin’ a baby with a man w
VICKY’S POVMy heart did a violent flip-flop.“Why the fuck is Cindy callin’ you at three in the mornin’? Oh God, did someone see me leave the fourth floor?”Leo swiped the screen and put it on speaker, his voice instantly shiftin’ back to that authoritative tone.“Cindy? Are you okay?”A loud panicked voice of Damian cracked through the phone’s speaker, completely bustin’ the romantic bubble we’d been floatin’ in.“Oh thank God you picked up!” He gasped, soundin’ like he’d just run a marathon.“Damian?!”“Where are you?! You need to get down to the hospital wing right now! Cindy’s water just broke, she’s in labor!”My eyes went wide as saucers. I clamped a hand over my mouth to keep from lettin’ out a screech that would’ve given the whole game away.“I’m on my way,” Leo said calmly, though his eyes flared with a sudden rush of adrenaline.“And please get Vicky. She’s not in her suite, and she’s not picking up her damn phone.”Oh shit! I left it in the suite.“Sure, we will be on our
VICKY’S POVIts been seven absolute, mind-fuckin’ months and we were still holed up in Athens.Cindy was currently in her third trimester, or whatever the hell doctors call the final stage of pregnancy when you look like you swallowed a beach ball.The doc said she was already a few days past her due date, but everything was trackin’ fine.Meanwhile, here I was curled up against the chest of a man who was off-limits in every single way the world could count.But honestly? Too bad for the world, because I fuckin’ love forbidden.“Stop wrigglin’, ice-tongue,” Leo rumbled, his voice thick with sleep as his massive arms tightened around my waist, pullin’ me back against his heat.“I ain’t wrigglin’, old man,” I shot back, rollin’ my eyes even though he couldn’t see me. I traced a finger down the hard line of his jaw.“Besides, you’re hoggin’ all the pillows. Billionaire my ass. You’re a blanket thief.”He let out a low chuckle that rumbled right through my back. It was crazy. To the res
CINDY’S POV“Ms. Moore,” I said, my voice calm but carrying clearly across the table, “what exactly is the matter? And why do you object?”Evelyn straightened her shoulders, lifting her chin in that way she always did when she believed she still held the upper hand.“I object on the grounds of my f
CINDY’S POVThe moment I stepped through the threshold, the room seemed to hold its breath.After years of deliberately staying far away from the cutthroat world of boardrooms and power plays, I was back, walking straight into the fire.This time, though, I was ready to show everyone exactly what a
DAMIAN’S POVAs much as I tried to hold it together in that boardroom, the second the break was called and I stepped out, something inside me snapped.The corridor blurred around me as I walked faster, shoulders hunched and hands clenched into fists at my sides to stop them from shaking.I found th
DAMIAN’S POV I slumped into the chair like my body weighed twice what it used to, arms heavy on the armrests, head tilted just enough that my temple rested against my knuckles. I sat still, watching everything unfold like a corpse that hadn’t figured out it was dead yet. The meeting started up a







