All Chapters of Seducing my daughter's dad: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

POV GabrielI couldn’t remember how I’d ended up back at the office so fast. My body kept moving, but my mind stayed frozen in that exact moment Scarlet’s lips touched mine. I was genuinely losing my mind over it.By the time I realized every eye in the room had landed on me, the worst one of all was still there: Helena Lancaster, my mother, the woman who’d been pouring every ounce of her energy into destroying me.“I’ve been talking to you for over a minute now.” She closed in, her heels striking the floor, not even a hint of shame over her failed wedding two days earlier. “What happened to make you come back this distracted? You know this meeting can’t start without you?”A minute ago, I’d been in paradise, wrapped in my daughter’s nanny’s arms, savoring her lips. Now I stood here, facing the devil herself, glimpsing the hell my mother kept turning my life into. I rolled my eyes, huffing loud enough for everyone to hear exactly how irritated her presence made me.“Let’s get this mee

POV GabrielUncle Henry just furrowed his brow in silence and turned his back while I went outside to get help. A few people showed up quickly and helped Helena pull herself together. My uncle’s coldness didn’t surprise me, because in that exact moment, I felt exactly the same.Watching Helena faint the second she heard I’d marry my daughter’s nanny proved just how skilled she was at manipulation. She still put on a show of feeling faint while surrounded by unfamiliar faces. I walked over to Uncle Henry and whispered, irritated:“I’m going to marry my daughter’s nanny?” He let out a dark laugh, tucked his hands into his pockets, and waited for me to keep going. “You should have told me your plan, asked if I even agreed to it.”“You wouldn’t have agreed.” He shrugged, dismissing my objection entirely.“Of course I wouldn’t have agreed, and neither will Scarlet.” I let out the breath choking my lungs and tried to stay calm. “I don’t want to get married, when are you and Helena finally g

POV ClariceI ran to the staff bathroom and doubled over, sitting on the toilet lid. My stomach ached like I’d just taken a punch straight to the gut. My heart raced so fast my lungs burned every time I forced air into them.I needed to keep control of myself.I’d just said yes to a marriage proposal from my boss.I got up and splashed water on my face; the shock of the cold finally let me breathe again. I looked at my reflection in the mirror, fully aware I’d just declared war. This wasn’t some simple marriage, it was my permanent entry into Charlotte’s life. Into the life of the little girl who’d been stolen from me.I just needed to marry him, keep my secret safe for twelve months, and then get her back for good.My phone buzzed in my back pocket, the vibration tickling against me. I pulled it out fast, gripping it with wet, slippery hands when Ava’s name lit up the screen.After thinking it over, I finally picked up, knowing it was far too risky to talk to her about anything while

POV ClariceAt that same spot from the day before, I brought the cup to my lips and took a long sip of hot coffee. The heat tore down my throat, warming my body against the chill settling into the early evening. My whole world was collapsing around me; I was engaged to my boss, I carried a secret that could land me in prison, and yet, somehow, I kept acting like nothing at all was happening.Ava rushed toward me the second she walked through the shop’s door. I didn’t move; I held onto the calm I’d learned over those three years while she sat down, running trembling hands through her loose hair.“Clarice, I could barely sleep last night.” She leaned in as she got closer, a whisper slipping out. “You need to tell me how much longer you’re planning to keep this secret.”Of course Ava would push me on this; she wasn’t the type to sit back and watch life go by while carrying a secret this heavy. I’d already braced myself for this conversation the moment I left the mansion to come meet her

POV GabrielI raced across the city at high speed, Charlotte asleep peacefully in the back seat, like the world outside wasn’t collapsing entirely. When the phone rang twenty minutes earlier and Baltazar’s voice told me Scarlet had been in an accident, I drove as fast as I could to get to her.My heart pounded hard as I ran down the hallway with Charlotte in my arms. I spotted a nurse and handed Charlotte over to her. I made her promise she’d stay right there with my daughter until I got back.She recognized who I was and agreed to do exactly what I asked. Charlotte fell back asleep in the woman’s arms while I went to find Skay. I felt a wave of relief the second I walked into the room and found her conscious. I only realized I was hugging her when I looked into her eyes.I pulled back slowly. Skay stayed frozen, her fingers twisted into the hospital sheet, her eyes half-open, like she couldn’t stand the light for very long.“I’m fine, I’m just...” She paused, hands pressed to her hea