The Billionaire's Forgotten Vow

pital room felt like

ed-barely. His mind, still fractured from the accident, was a battlefield of s

had a

years

e sat in his chest like a s

my son

n, dark and dangerous. He had forgotten five years of his life, but he knew

ess

d

as still Evelyn-her name, her presence lingering like a half-formed dream. But wha

witched. I ne

didn't acknowledge him at first. His mind was still processing,

ing." His voice

fter the divorce. She disappeared for a while, kept a low pro

es darkened. "

hesitated. "Hi

ough his skull, but just like before, the memories didn't come

e

s

ened. "She ne

the silence well enough. No one had to tell him-

pt his chi

cut deeper th

Eve

truly ended so horribly that she'd erased him

sp the past, the more it eluded him. But there

going to l

get to keep

the side of the bed, ignoring t

ned. "What ar

lea

e not

a look. "Find a w

itated. "A

ice left no roo

But at least let me get a driver

security. He only cared abou

g to h

ic

erself as she watched the city lights flicker against the night sky. The we

der is

sed her son, carved out a life without the shadow of his name, his presence.

the tension to leave her b

Knew the kind

ut Leo, he wouldn't stop.

sure she was re

ke through her t

in the doorway of his bedroom, his tiny fists rubbing

lked toward him, kneeling. "

body curled against her, warm and familiar. She pressed

nger can I

ould come. She had prayed it would

too powerful.

sights on somethin

e didn't fear Alexander

at would happ

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is expression unreadable. The moment his

's

it stirred something deep within him. Had he been he

ng with a car. "She does

id into the back sea

sure you want to do this no

She's had four years. I'm no

from the tarmac, m

knee, his mind replaying the s

to me. She

going to face t

between them bef

ng to hide fro

ur: The Co

liced through the Chicago streets. The hum of the tires against the

e

an inferno, burning with questions, fury, and

d hidden his c

kept h

sent rage searing

ure of. His body still responded to the mere thought of her. But now, knowing she had vanished with

wing up without h

how long she had been gone. Long enough to rewrite his

t ended

ed in the driver's seat. "She lives i

e stared up at the high-rise.

cure e

word, he stepped

ed hotter. The doorman barely had time to register his presence befo

"Alexander, are you sure yo

o see the look on her face when she

hime, and the car began its smooth ascent. With every passing flo

doors opened,

ched before him, leadi

yn's

thick. His ste

t hesitation

tched moment, th

oft fo

r crack

ere sh

eath c

yn H

d. Soft chestnut hair fell past her shoulders, her lips full, her hazel eyes sharp yet hesitant

een prepare

ither

er voice was b

e. The air between them crackled, charged wi

ing herself, Evelyn

a ch

fore it closed. His strength overpowered hers e

doing thi

ith shock, lips parted. "You c

tch

quickly regained herself, crossi

into hers. "Yo

le

aled, looking away. "Y

She held her ground, but he could see it-the barely

s sc

o

shou

e. She kept m

rs, her voice quieter now.

" His voice was razor-s

the possessive

hat. Let her underst

im from me?" His voice was deceptivel

e, her hazel eyes

e body we

re

through him, s

ked. "You h

didn't waver. "You don't remember, Alexander. You don't

ked away. "Then tell me, Evelyn." His voice dropped

ard. "You didn'

struck l

his expression u

r. When I told you I was pregnant, you-" She shook her h

mach pl

o

-that could

im recoiled at

d, twisting nausea

his voice rough. "I

laugh. "I don't car

in his ve

sn't mak

truly said those words-then why wa

e so draw

d. "You still sho

d. "And let you destroy him

ave an answ

ce stretched

ehind her, a

om

eath s

stiff. Slowl

here

eyes, dark curls a mess from sleep. He was tiny, bar

der couldn

at him, blinking curiously, it

ay eyes-

art slammed ag

i

lace, his mind white

y voice cut thro

's t

d. "No one, sweethea

eyes darke

eth cl

dangerously low.

dn't a

, eyes bright with

ore she could shut it down, he asked

ou my

re world

er been more certain of an

never l