op

piercing eyes on James

rtant trail since the surveillan

can't even handle something this small?" My eyes

ve our men on the l

you have 24hrs to do that or el

" he gr

it

at you have fallen for her? It's a one-night stand and you're already using your resou

it," I

ss and my

g,

r ID, I drop it back to the des

better pick, man, cause she woul

if you think you have time to idle away, I suggest you pick one of the projects and

in an hour, and flight been booked. If nothing else, I

ehind my desk, the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking

le

's slender voic

ches. Ten sec

Are you

the persis

mom? You haven't bothered to call nor remembe

I ask with a to

work, but family is also important an

traight to

rofits are up. The boards are hap

ur last quarter was ou

s monotone. "I'm talking about family stabili

family wants, and I'm not de

mourn him. That shouldn't be a

died, leaving behind my grandfather, who was more worse, but he did it a different way. My mother took after my father, and so when grandfather died months back, I

ed to

k for forgiveness and it would be nic

an drugged me months back with the aim of causing a s

rawing his share from the company. Since he's shown remorse, and if he re

ming over f

." I h

d to hear this,"

lmond eyes locked into h

be worth

call and the u

ut how the Mercer Corporation has always been

er, you're thirty-

tted to th

Two years older than I am, and you've never had a relations

nd wealth is enough. At least your o

rried. That will help take the ladies' attention

n, James," I say, forcing a smile. "A

e found her, and there's something

pi

mself. "She is in labo

assurance that child

hospital is currently s

gain?" He saunters to pick m

uarters is twenty minutes from here, so the bra

ld, abandoned, as we move to my top-floor office private elevator that lea

he plan?" Ja

el doors, sneaking a finger in my tousled h

do you

ator feels heavy, c

s is right, you are thrilled

focusing on their work, and James' stance switches as he controls the car, and af

heck my diamond-studded watch to calculat

My bodyguards

's the situa

or. "Her ward is just ahead, a

y firmly at the door of t

e bed at the center, and hazel eyes clash with

ack relaxed, holding a tiny f

yes dilate when the baby cries. Her dark hair in a

g in. Silence stretche

you're here,

shuts back. She kn

rl." My brow wrinkles. Then a kno

, his eyes going from min

up?" he

sit beside her. Her eyes r

that night, her hair was short, or pro

or hands it over to me. Checking th

to carry the child. Holding her feels incredible.

grandfather was slightly different but stricter. All my life, duty to my family comes first-in my marital affairs, in business-wise, t

responsibility for you and my

non-negotiable, watc

ischarged now? The home care will be

ant?" James updates me on he

e sounds famil

family of your betro

," her soft voice fo