Chapter 167 First Cry
Roman lifted the baby from the water. His hands were shaking. His breath caught in his throat.
The baby was coated in a thick, white, waxy substance. It clung to the tiny shoulders, the creases of the elbows, the folds of the neck. Roman wiped the baby's face with a clean towel, his movements clums...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 My Sister’s Pregnant by My Fiancé
2. Chapter 2 A Father's Betrayal
3. Chapter 3 Setting the Trap
4. Chapter 4 The Wrong Room
5. Chapter 5 The Morning After
6. Chapter 6 Ice Queen, Loaded Camera
7. Chapter 7 The Calm Before the Storm
8. Chapter 8 : An Unexpected Rescue
9. Chapter 9 The Shattered Engagement
10. Chapter 10 The Uncle's Claim
11. Chapter 11 The Patriarch's Decision
12. Chapter 12 The Proposal
13. Chapter 13 The Contract
14. Chapter 14 The King Arrives
15. Chapter 15 The Marriage Certificate
16. Chapter 16 The Wedding Night
17. Chapter 17 Tonight You're Completely Mine
18. Chapter 18 Morning After
19. Chapter 19 The Mysterious Package
20. Chapter 20 The Unread Contract
21. Chapter 21 Mine to Protect
22. Chapter 22 The Grandfather's “Gift”
23. Chapter 23 Every Day Until You're Pregnant**
24. Chapter 24 The Viral Storm**
25. Chapter 25 The Eldest Son Returns
26. Chapter 26 Public Enemy No. 1
27. Chapter 27 The Perfect Trap
28. Chapter 28 The Power Play
29. Chapter 29 A Voluntary Exit
30. Chapter 30 Silent Victory: Waiting for You
31. Chapter 31 Who is Avery?
32. Chapter 32 Jealous of Ghosts
33. Chapter 33 Honeymoon Intentions
34. Chapter 34 Blood Doesn’t Mean Family
35. Chapter 35 The Line You Should Never Cross
36. Chapter 36 A Quiet Warning
37. Chapter 37 Already in Too Deep
38. Chapter 38 A Quiet Omen
39. Chapter 39 The Door That Should Have Stayed Closed
40. Chapter 40 Checkmate
41. Chapter 41 The King’s Move
42. Chapter 42 Unseen Fragility
43. Chapter 43 Cracks in the Mask
44. Chapter 44 Exposure
45. Chapter 45 A Fragile Interval
46. Chapter 46 Selective Silence
47. Chapter 47 Off-Limits
48. Chapter 48 A Manufactured Morning
49. Chapter 49 Under Careful Hands
50. Chapter 50 The Husband Privilege
51. Chapter 51 Packing Trouble
52. Chapter 52 Carefree and Caught
53. Chapter 53 Eight Billion Reasons
54. Chapter 54 Every Moment is Yours
55. Chapter 55 Breakfast and Appetizers
56. Chapter 56 Don’t Wander Far
57. Chapter 57 Pulled In
58. Chapter 58 Sudden Tide
59. Chapter 59 Currents of Desire
60. Chapter 60 A Game for Two
61. Chapter 61 Marked by Desire
62. Chapter 62 Bare and Unafraid
63. Chapter 63 The Cost of Daring
64. Chapter 64 Between Horizons
65. Chapter 65 A Game of Chess
66. Chapter 66 Fault Lines
67. Chapter 67 Crosswinds
68. Chapter 68 Fine Print
69. Chapter 69 All at Once
70. Chapter 70 The Choice
71. Chapter 71 Controlled Damage
72. Chapter 72 The Hardest to Move
73. Chapter 73 The Favor
74. Chapter 74 A Debt of Silence.
75. Chapter 75 Almost Said
76. Chapter 76 Before You
77. Chapter 77 I Choose You
78. Chapter 78 The Queen’s Gambit.
79. Chapter 79 Rise on Her Terms
80. Chapter 80 Unfinished Business
81. Chapter 81 Breaking the Barrier
82. Chapter 82 Fear and Desire
83. Chapter 83 First Steps Into Power
84. Chapter 84 Eyes on Mrs. Sinclair
85. Chapter 85 A Seat at the Table
86. Chapter 86 Proving Her Place
87. Chapter 87 Terms of Engagement
88. Chapter 88 The Wrong Impression
89. Chapter 89 Not What It Seems
90. Chapter 90 Between Truth and Lies
91. Chapter 91 Long Time No See
92. Chapter 92 Know Your Place
93. Chapter 93 Everything You Touched
94. Chapter 94 A Familiar Stranger
95. Chapter 95 The Flash Drive.
96. Chapter 96 This Time, I Won’t Lose
97. Chapter 97 I Want It Now
98. Chapter 98 The File
99. Chapter 99 Keep It Quiet
100. Chapter 100 The Hayes Corporation Will Collapse
101. Chapter 101 Above the Law
102. Chapter 102 Why Did You Quit?
103. Chapter 103 Playing Along
104. Chapter 104 What’s Mine Is Yours
105. Chapter 105 Still Mine
106. Chapter 106 I’ll Take It
107. Chapter 107 Exposed
108. Chapter 108 No Control
109. Chapter 109 Calculated Moves
110. Chapter 110 No Way Out
111. Chapter 111 Your Life or His.
112. Chapter 112 The Final Narrative.
113. Chapter 113 They’re All Dead.
114. Chapter 114 Out of My Reach.
115. Chapter 115 Get a Grip.
116. Chapter 116 Before the Moment.
117. Chapter 117 Built for You.
118. Chapter 118 A Thousand Ways to Say I Love You.
119. Chapter 119 Three Years in the Making
120. Chapter 120 Beneath It All.
121. Chapter 121 This Time.
122. Chapter 122 Handle With Care.
123. Chapter 123 A Dangerous Favor.
124. Chapter 124 No Way Out.
125. Chapter 125 Losing Control.
126. Chapter 126 Crossing the Line.
127. Chapter 127 Not Yours to Take.
128. Chapter 128 The Spark and the Fire.
129. Chapter 129 Like We Meant It.
130. Chapter 130 I Wasn’t Enough
131. Chapter 131 You Let Me Go.
132. Chapter 132 Just This Once.
133. Chapter 133 You Used My Words.
134. Chapter 134 On One Condition.
135. Chapter 135 It Felt Like a Good Day.
136. Chapter 136 Not Made of Glass.
137. Chapter 137 Right On Time.
138. Chapter 138 Not For Sale.
139. Chapter 139 I’ll Accept Your Terms.
140. Chapter 140 Come With Me.
141. Chapter 141 Traces of Him.
142. Chapter 142 Right On Time
143. Chapter 143 Too Late.
144. Chapter 144 A Dangerous Kind of Comfort.
145. Chapter 145 What Does He Want?
146. Chapter 146 Still Here
147. Chapter 147 Enough Time
148. Chapter 148 Holding Up Her End.
149. Chapter 149 What If I Make You Fall in Love With Me.
150. Chapter 150 The Cracks Between Us
151. Chapter 151 Unspoken Truth
152. Chapter 152 Two Lines, One Breakdown.
153. Chapter 153 Fractured
154. Chapter 154 The Beginning of Goodbye.
155. Chapter 155 When We Let Go…
156. Chapter 156 Too Late to Reach Her.
157. Chapter 157 Too Late
158. Chapter 158 Empty.
159. Chapter 159 Pieces of Warmth.
160. Chapter 160 The first and Last.
161. Chapter 161 Bitter Aftertaste
162. Chapter 162 Pink
163. Chapter 163 Sore
164. Chapter 164 Subtle Threats and Surprises
165. Chapter 165 The Last Option
166. Chapter 166 BORN
167. Chapter 167 First Cry
168. Chapter 168 Home
169. Chapter 169 The Reunion
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