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08. Let Me Hold Him
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2026-11-01 23:46:32
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The Billionaire Accidental Son 22. I'll Sleep in the Car
Gabriel's POVThe storm hit before we reached the airport. I could still hear Marcy crying in my head.Rain beat on the windshield, turning the highway into red taillights and running water. The driver slowed down, squinting through the glass. Lightning lit up the palm trees bending in the wind. I kept refreshing my phone, watching every flight out of Tampa go from delayed to canceled.Dex called from his car near Marcy's house, and I turned on the speaker so Hannah could hear."I've checked every airline," he said. "Orlando has the same storm, and Jacksonville isn't much better. There are no commercial seats out of Florida tonight, and the airport just stopped private departures too, so your plane can't leave until morning.""Then keep watching that house," I said. "Keep someone there all night and make sure nobody goes near Marcy or her daughter. Call Howard at seven and tell him everything she said. I don't want anyone promising her anything until he tells us what we can legally of
The Billionaire Accidental Son 21. A Rich Woman Paid Me
Hannah's POVI climbed the porch steps ahead of Gabriel, and he let me knock, because he had promised I could speak first.The door opened a few inches. A woman looked out through the gap, gripping the edge of it. Her hair was shorter than I remembered and gray at the temples, but I recognized the small scar beside her eyebrow, and I knew it was Marcy Dunn.She looked from Gabriel to me, then tried to shut the door.Gabriel caught it, holding it still without pushing."Marcy, I'm Hannah Ashcroft," I said. "You did my embryo transfer at Brightwater. I'm not here to hurt you or to shout at you. I flew here from Chicago because I need to understand what happened to my son, and you are the only person who can tell me.""Please," she whispered. "You need to leave.""Our investigator is down the street," Gabriel said. "He won't come near the house unless we ask him to. We'd like five minutes with you."She checked the road behind us, blinking back tears. After a long moment she let go of th
The Billionaire Accidental Son 20. Not Your Call to Make
Hannah's POVGabriel wanted to send investigators, but I wanted to go to Tampa myself.We argued about it in his kitchen the next morning, standing on opposite sides of the room. He was finishing a call with Dex. I stood by the glass, watching a gardener trim the hedges."Dex can handle it," he said, putting the phone down. "He knows how to question people without scaring them, and he's done this for me before.""And what happens when Marcy won't talk to him?" I turned around. "You've been looking for her for weeks. She's the woman who did my transfer, and I want to hear what she has to say.""You don't know what you're walking into.""Neither do you.""That's exactly why I'm sending professionals, Hannah. We don't know what Marcy is capable of, who she's working with, or whether she'll even open the door to a stranger, and she'd be even less likely to open it to you.""I know that," I said."Then why are you insisting?"I stepped closer, keeping my voice level. "Because it's my name
The Billionaire Accidental Son 19. Nobody Asked You To
Hannah's POVGabriel pulled away from the Ashcroft mansion while photographers on the sidewalk were still flashing at the car windows. I waited until the gates were behind us."You spoke for me in front of the whole city," I said. "Nobody asked you to."He loosened the tie that nearly matched my dress, keeping his eyes on the road. "You'd rather they keep calling you a gold digger?""I'd rather choose who speaks for me."He drove on in silence. I meant every word, and I wouldn't take it back."I was defending you," Gabriel said."I know what you were doing. But you didn't ask if I wanted you to defend me," I said, pressing my palms together to keep them still. "You stood in front of those cameras and told everyone what I am to you, what I am to Leo and what they should think about me. I answered that reporter myself, Gabriel. Then you spoke over me.""I told the truth. He's my son, and you're his mother.""That doesn't give you the right to turn my life into a statement for the press.
The Billionaire Accidental Son 18. The Lucky Gold Digger
Gabriel's POVThe first reporter reached Hannah before I could get her away from the table."Mrs. Ashcroft! Is it true you're living in Gabriel Locke's guest house? Were you having an affair with Mr. Locke while you were still married?"Hannah stayed beside her chair, gripping the back of it. She had turned pale, but she kept her chin up.I stepped between her and the cameras. "That's enough. Step back."They didn't. A flash popped so close to my face that for a second I saw only white."Mr. Locke, are you confirming the baby is yours? Did you know about the clinic's mistake before the DNA test? Are you supporting her?"I blocked the nearest photographer with my shoulder, pushing his lens down. "Nobody is answering questions tonight. Move back."One reporter leaned around me toward Hannah. "Mrs. Ashcroft, people are saying you targeted a rich man on purpose and planned all of this. What do you say to that?""I didn't target anyone," Hannah said, quiet and steady. "I went through ferti
The Billionaire Accidental Son 17. To Families Who Keep Promises
Hannah's POVThe dress I wore that night was Tessa's. She had insisted I borrow it, along with her heels, the minute she heard I was going. The dress was midnight blue, with a fitted waist and sleeves to my elbows. Nothing about it would draw attention. That was exactly what I wanted.A nanny Tessa recommended had arrived an hour earlier. I had called two of her references, watched her wash her hands and gone over Leo's feeding schedule with her twice. I still didn't like leaving him.Gabriel knocked at seven, wearing a black suit and a dark blue tie almost the same shade as my dress. He stopped in the doorway when he saw me."You look beautiful," he said. "The nanny has my number too, so she can reach one of us the second anything changes. If you want to leave early tonight, for any reason at all, we leave."The gala was at the Ashcroft mansion in Lake Forest, the house I had been thrown out of two months earlier. My fingers wouldn't keep still when the gates came into view."Do you
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