Cruel Secrets

I was ordered to kidnap her. I never expected to find out she was carrying my child.
Taking Gia hostage should’ve been just another job.
A means to an end in this bloody war.
But the moment I lay eyes on her again, the past comes roaring back.
The lies.The betrayal.The way she made me feel before I knew who she really was—the daughter of a rival I could never be with.
I told myself I was over her.
Then I saw the baby.
My baby.
Eighteen months old. My eyes. My...

I was ordered to kidnap her. I never expected to find out she was carrying my child.
Taking Gia hostage should’ve been just another job.
A means to an end in this bloody war.
But the moment I lay eyes on her again, the past comes roaring back.
The lies.The betrayal.The way she made me feel before I knew who she really was—the daughter of a rival I could never be with.
I told myself I was over her.
Then I saw the baby.
My baby.
Eighteen months old. My eyes. My blood.
And she never told me.
I should hate her for it.
I should make her pay for every second she kept this secret from me.
But now, trapped together in the middle of a war, my rage is fighting against something even stronger.
Because no matter how much I want to hate her… I still want her.
And this time, I’m not walking away.