The billionaire's secret guardian

eyes on her long afte

ice. The weight of the confrontation sat heavy on her shoulders, but there was something else beneath it. Something that

ntimidated. Not by anyone. Certainl

l, her breath still shallow. She hadn't expected to walk out of there with any answers. Not yet. But what she h

new it. But Cassidy wasn't don

ering buildings lit like fireflies in the distance. Her phone buzzed

ly. Vaughn just made a move on Cross Industries. We don't know

dow, a bitter rival who played a dangerous game. No one knew the full extent of their animosity, but Ca

idy knew the exact kind of man Vaughn was. He didn't just want to take over Cross Industrie

t meant Cassidy was alrea

she could figure out what he was planning. She needed more information. More leverage. If she could crack this open, expose the conspiracy that tie

vering secrets she wasn'

call from her informant inside Cross

r me?" she asked, her

a businessman. He's dangerous. The things he's involved in... it's not just about power, Cass

. "What do you mean 'per

w the voice on the other end was more than just an informant. They were so

e not the only one looking into him. Vaughn has his

ensive, but now, to hear he was digging into Cross's personal

pressed, her eyes scanning the rain-slicke

er Cross has a weakness. A family secret. S

ret? Alexander Cross, the unbreakable

assidy. I don't know what this will mean for you-crossing paths with either

line going dead in her ear. She stood there for a

lionaire with everything, had something to lose-a family

d into fists. This was

ould use to her advantage? Could it be the key

hrough the street, the dim glow of the streetlights casting long shadows across the pa

t in this game of secrets, Cassidy wasn't sure who she could trust. Richard Vaughn had his own agenda, and Alexander Cross wasn't the man he a

erous part? She w

e had set out to destroy. But there was something about him, something buried beneath that icy exterior, that pulled at her in ways she

afford to get dis

She couldn't afford to let her feelings complicate things. The truth had to come first. Alexand

ealized that both her and Cross's fates we

he city, Cassidy started the e