All Chapters of The Billionaire Accidental Son: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Hannah's POVAt 4:12 in the morning, after three years of IVF treatments and two miscarriages, my son finally came into the world with a loud cry.The sound filled the whole delivery room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. I pushed myself up from the pillow even though my body was shaking and covered in sweat. The nurse lifted a small red baby above the sheet and placed him carefully on my chest."Seven pounds, two ounces, and he has strong lungs," she said with a smile. "Congratulations, Mommy. He's beautiful, and he's loud enough for everyone on this floor to hear him."His hair was dark and thick. His tiny hands moved in the air. The moment his skin touched mine, I forgot every painful injection and every embryo that never grew. All I could see was my son Leo."Hi, baby. Mommy is here. I'm right here, and I waited so long for you," I whispered as I touched his cheek with one finger. Tears ran down my face and onto his skin. He became quiet against me right away.Brett stood next to

Hannah's POVBy midnight, thousands of strangers already believed I had cheated on my husband.I sat under the bright lights of a gas station on Sheridan Road with Leo held close inside my coat while snow hit the windows. The whole place smelled like gasoline. A television above the counter showed the late news with the sound turned low.Nobody there knew who I was. That night it felt like a small gift.Leo slept against my chest. Every few minutes I slid my fingers under the coat to check that he was still breathing. My hands were so cold I could barely feel his back rising, but each tiny movement let me breathe again.My phone lit up. Another stranger had shared Brett's post.The post already had more than forty thousand shares, and the comments were even worse than the number.She married him for his money. What did he expect?Women like this are disgusting.Imagine carrying another man's baby into your husband's home.Someone had posted a photo from our wedding. Someone else had f

Gabriel's POVAt 9:17 p.m. my sister Tessa walked into my study holding her phone out in front of her."Gabriel, you need to read this."I kept looking at the quarterly numbers for Locke Freight on my computer. "If this is another woman saying we are secretly related, just send it to my assistant. I don't have time tonight.""It's about Brightwater."My hand stopped moving on the mouse.She walked around the desk and put the phone down next to my keyboard. I read the message on the screen.I think there was a mistake at Brightwater Fertility. I think my son is your brother's. I'm not asking for anything. I just need the truth.The clock above the fireplace kept ticking while I read the message one more time."Who sent this?" I asked, and my voice sounded colder than I wanted it to.Tessa sat down across from me and crossed her arms. "A woman named Hannah Ashcroft. She found me through the ancestry website. Her son is a close DNA match to me, and the site says we are probably aunt and