Hayden POVI couldn’t sit even for a full minute.I paced the length of my office and back for what felt like the hundredth time.Aiden. My half-brother. The man I had thought dead. How could he have this kind of hold over me? How could he walk into my life, act casually, and suddenly everything I’d worked for … everything Charlotte and I had built… feel as if it were teetering on a knife’s edge?I shook my head, forcing my thoughts back to reason.I couldn’t let him control me. I couldn’t allow him to use Charlotte and our unborn child to manipulate me, or the company. That much was non-negotiable.“Sir,” Lyra’s voice cut through my thoughts.I turned to see her standing in the doorway, her expression carefully neutral, though I knew she was tense. “He’s here,” she said simply. “Aiden is here for the meeting.”I inhaled deeply, pressing my fingers against my temples for a moment. “Alright,” I said, my voice low, controlled. “Let’s do this.”The room we met in was neutral. Here there
Last Updated : 2026-03-21 Read more