The Billionaire's Hidden Daughter
te'
p to an
r scent already fading into the
, sitting up slowly. I should've expected it-but the st
bar... I hadn't ev
bout betrayal-something about her fiancé and her best friend. She'd be
t off. But then... she kissed me. And when she start
s her escape... my control slipped. An
ws on my knees, starin
mean anything. Just
e the feeling that I wanted to know more.
e hotel telephone an
sir," the recep
long since the woman
ause. "About twenty
r and let out a frustrated groa
la
un. No time to go chasing after a mysterious o
phone
ss
cou
then picked
sweet voice. "Where are you
creep in. And just like that, the memory of last night's g
e you?" I
you." She giggled soft
looked away
k. I'll talk
uld reply, I
st. The floor-to-ceiling windows gave me a
hotel. My li
long time, I wasn't so sur
I tried
he numbers on my screen, the calls waiting to be returne
tormy eyes and
arms before she begged
d. All n
lessly on the armrest. I could track her down. It wouldn't be hard. Secu
the thought came,
ss
n I was supposed to
-in my world, in m
-night stand with a heartbroken stranger-it would blow everything up.
wasn't
from the desk, scrubbing
desperate kisses, the way she clung to me like I
't matt
istake. A moment I s
Dante
tands didn't ge
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the anger-they no longer suffocated me the way they once did. I had almost managed to fo
g on... or
tarted fe
iness, a few headaches-no big deal. But then came the nausea. The feve
he terrifying t
I was
ght a pregnancy test, my hands trembling the entire time. Back at home, I locked myself in
li
undeniab
The world around me blurred as a wave
preg
hed the test in trembling fingers. This couldn't be happening. H
tion cutting deeper than any betrayal had. This was real. T
ted. I looked down at the test again, t
't kill
part of me now. I would carry it. I
her wave of dr
one to tell them-before they found out on their own. Because