ログインSophia was betrayed by her best friend and sold to a stranger's bed. She fled the next morning with red marks on her skin and her dignity lost. Three years later, she returns to Nightvale City with triplets. And she discovers the stranger she slept with was Leonardo Ferri—the wealthiest and most powerful man in the city, and her stepbrother. Leonardo is a cold-hearted CEO who swore never to love after watching his mother die from heartbreak when his father left her. He thought he hated children... until he met a two-year-old girl with pigtails at a mall. She smiled at him. He knelt down and said, "You look like someone I know." She grinned and said, "Surprising. You also look like my brothers." Now Sophia must do everything in her power to hide her children from Leonardo. Because if he finds out the truth, she's as good as dead.
もっと見るThe morning of her return to St. Catherine's, Sophia stood in front of the hospital doors for a full three minutes before walking through them.She had dressed carefully crisp scrubs, white coat pressed, hair pulled back in a neat bun. Her reflection in the glass doors showed a woman who looked composed and professional. It didn't show the sleepless night. It didn't show the trembling hands she had shoved deep into her pockets. It didn't show the hollow ache of missing her children."You can do this," she murmured to herself. "You've survived worse."She pushed through the doors.The hospital was already buzzing with morning activity. Nurses wheeled patients through corridors. Doctors consulted charts at the nurses' station. The familiar scent of antiseptic and coffee filled the air. It should have felt like coming home. Instead, it felt like walking into an arena.She felt the eyes before she saw them. Two nurses at the medication station fell silent as she passed. A group of residen
The airport was a cathedral of glass and steel, bustling with travelers and tearful reunions. Leonardo Ferri walked through the automatic doors with the quiet authority of a man who owned every room he entered, his dark suit immaculate, his eyes scanning the arrivals terminal.And then he saw her.Nicole stood near the baggage claim, a vision in cream and gold. Her honey-blonde hair cascaded over her shoulders in soft waves. Her eyes, the color of warm amber, lit up the moment she spotted him. She was surrounded by luggage three designer suitcases and a vanity case that probably cost more than most people's monthly rent but she abandoned them without a second thought."Leo!"She ran to him. Not the careful, calculated walk of a socialite approaching a business associate, but a genuine run, her heels clicking against the polished floor. She threw her arms around his neck, and Leonardo Ferri the man who made board members tremble, the man whose name was spoken in whispers across Nightva
The board members filed into the conference room across the hall. Leonardo was the last to enter. He paused at the doorway and glanced toward Charles's office. Their eyes met through the glass.Leonardo smiled. It was not a friendly smile.Charles held his gaze without flinching. For a long moment, neither man looked away. The tension between them was a living thing, crackling in the air like static before a storm.Then Leonardo turned and entered the conference room. The door closed behind him.Anna exhaled. "That was terrifying.""That was a warning." Charles straightened his cuffs. "He knows I was at Sophia's house. He's letting me know.""How could he possibly know that?""I don't know. But he knows." Charles walked to the door. "I should be in that meeting. As a board member. As someone who cares about Sophia.""Charles, be careful. That man is dangerous.""I know exactly what he is." Charles opened the door. "That's why I'm not backing down."He walked into the conference room.
The door had barely closed behind Charles when Sophia's phone rang.She was still standing in the doorway, her hand resting on the frame, the warmth of his kiss still lingering on her forehead. For a moment, she considered letting the call go to voicemail. She was tired. She was wrung out. She didn't have the energy for another conversation.Then she looked at the screen.Leonardo.The name pulsed on the display like a warning. Her finger hovered over the decline button. She didn't want to answer. Every instinct screamed at her to let it ring, to pretend she hadn't seen it, to buy herself a few more hours of fragile peace.The phone rang again. And again. And again.On the fifth ring, she answered."Hello?" Her voice was barely a whisper."Why did you hesitate?" Leonardo's voice was smooth, pleasant, almost conversational. But there was an edge beneath it. A blade hidden in silk."I didn't.""You did. Five rings, Sophia. You used to answer on the first." A pause. "Have you been doing
The taxi pulled up to the curb, and Sophia Reed stepped out into the cool evening air. She tilted her head back and stared up at the hotel building that stretched into the darkening sky, all glass and steel and glittering lights. The Grand Aurelia. One of the most expensive hotels in Nightvale. The
The automatic doors of Starlight International Airport slid open, and Sophia stepped through them with a child holding each hand and the third gripping the hem of her coat.Heads turned immediately.It was impossible not to look. The three children walking beside her were dressed in matching pastel
Three Years LaterSophia was just finishing up her shift when her phone buzzed against the desk. She glanced at the screen and smiled before she even answered. The photo that lit up the display was one of her favorites three tiny faces smushed together, cheeks pink, eyes bright, all fighting to be
Sophia zipped her suitcase with trembling fingers and dragged it to the front door. The apartment that had been her sanctuary for the past year now felt like a trap waiting to spring.She checked her phone. The taxi was three minutes away.Three minutes, and she would be gone. Three minutes, and sh






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