He left me when I refused to end my pregnancy. Five years later, he saw my twins at a mall, and his mother’s two-million-dollar lie finally came crashing down. 2

Part 2

Mara was terrified, but beneath the fear was something fierce and real.

She told Damien in the same conference room where they had first met.

At first, he was silent.

“How far along?” he asked.

“Six weeks.”

He turned toward the window.

“My board can’t know. My mother can’t know. This would become a scandal.”

“A baby is not a scandal,” Mara said.

“For you, maybe not.”

The words broke something between them.

Then Damien pulled an envelope from his jacket.

Money. Privacy. Arrangements. Options.

Mara stared at him.

“You brought paperwork?”

“I’m trying to be practical.”

“I came here because I thought the man who held me at three in the morning might show up. Instead, you brought documents.”…