He Chose A Fake Heir Over His True Wife

ing. Of course

place built for poets and we

She said she needed the absolute best specia

She was scrolling mindlessly through Instagra

oman who had nearly miscarried twi

d, not bothering to look up

d, my patience already fraying.

trance, and the doorman step

ing velour sweatpants with the word JUICY embl

w it instantly-a micro-ex

ed-euro note int

r face," I growled, my

owed deeply. "

d, and smelling of expensive lilies. Then Aria'

at that chandel

red finger upward. P

eck. It wasn't des

a fraction of a secon

ding. She would have spoken flawless French to the concierge. She

ply on my sleeve. "I'm h

I said, pulling my arm

my phone

e landed: Landed safely. Meetin

rep

plied instantly

ing but a b

aled the penth

And rang.

out. Maybe she

her ce

final: "We're sorry. The number you

ne felt suddenly heavy, li

was impossible. I p

ied

ger in

spine. It wasn't panic yet. It was j

typed a message to her

e. Phone is

it

popped up: Delivery Failure.

ss re

d, Aria was arguing loudly with the receptionist about the

started

She had deleted it. She had deleted

ined. "Are you

, complaining about the thread count

oming from New York. The deafening

penthouse s

hispered rough

the guard

asked. My voice was tight,

," the g

ft yest

d the phone tigh

sir. She said s

red, causing heads t

r. But the cleaners

ean

o sent them. They cl

hand. It hit the marble

red

hopping. She

was

n my life, I didn't know

ced my chest. It wasn't th

a man waking up in