art a stone. "Talk?

regnancy. I was just trying to manage the situation." He ran a hand through his hair, looking genuinely stressed. "She follo

, my voice flat. "That you cheated on

l, a paternity suit, a nightmare for both families. Indiana came to me, desperate. She said Thorne abandoned her. She begged me to claim the child, to save her reputation, and to protect the merger. She said if I didn't, she'

ice my child, our child, instead? To pretend

risk the company. Clementina... she agreed to this. She said it was the only way to save the Swanson name and the Thorne merger. She sa

you just told me your mother agreed to disavow our chil

enormous." He tried to hold me again, his touch now feeling alien, contaminated. "I love you, Alyssa. I picked you

orary measure. This is a betrayal. If you go through with this, with claiming Indiana's chi

ting CEO I knew so well. "You can't do that, Alyssa. You're my wife. And you'r

allenged, turnin

s. "You will stay here. In this penthouse. You will be safe. You will follow t

said, my heart starting to r

No outside communication. Effective immediately." He hung up, his eyes meeting mine, cold and unyielding. "Consider yourself un

it, echoed in my mind. A prisoner in my own home. My anger, my grief, my fear, all began to coalesce i