drowned out the silence around her. The white stick trembled in h

wait..

omach

en the breakup with Edward, crashing at her cousin's place, and applying for jo

ed its cue, her breath h

could

e way her body came alive in his arms. She hadn't thought about protection

no

gna

tick

hed as she forc

gna

tared up at her

e sink and stumbled back, clu

d, shaking her hea

ld this

a place to live. And the father? A stranger. A dangerous stranger

ael

ing that mattered. The way he looked at her with fire in his eyes. It hadn't ju

dn't change

pped out of his bed like a shadow in the

e carried

to her stomach, her

e do thi

ly... her te

beneath the fear and unce

o

conditions. A baby who wouldn't care if she was plus-sized, if sh

," she whispered

me with a stran

m anyone. She had survived heartbreak, humiliation, an

owntown RKM International and handed in her application to be a

later saying she'd gotte

r with a nervous smile on her face, she rode the private elevator

lid open wi

here

ilored suit hugging his frame, dark ey

eath c

ch

ow the corners of his lips twitched in

mbered