The voice on the phone answered immediately. “Mrs. Whitmore, stay in your room. We’re already inside the hospital.” My fingers tightened around the phone. “Who are you?”…

Serena’s smile vanished almost immediately. Ivy had seen it. But for once, she did not care. Adrian remained beside Serena, still holding her hand. Elliot and Mason…

The moment Hua Lac stepped onto the twenty-second floor, she regretted coming. The entire executive department seemed to stop breathing. Assistants looked up. Managers lowered their voices….

“So you did exist?” The little boy’s question hurt more than anything Ethan could have said. I knelt slowly. My hands were shaking. “Yes.” His eyes searched…

I stared at the photograph until my vision blurred. Lily. My seven-year-old daughter. Alive. Safe enough to be standing in a park. But beneath the picture were…

“Yes,” I said. “I went.” Adrian’s hand remained on the button of his coat. For barely a second, something flickered across his face. Then the familiar smile…

Grace read the telegram again. Do not marry the cowboy. I’m coming. Her fingers went cold. Tucker took the paper from her hand. “Who is he?” Grace…

Adrian called less than thirty seconds after reading my message. I watched his name flash across the screen. Once. Twice. Then five times. I let it ring….

Gabriel called me forty-three times before noon. I answered none of them. My daughter and I were already in a private apartment my lawyer had arranged near…