I slept with my boss.

My dad’s best friend.

The billionaire who bought out our company… then bent me over his desk and made me forget my own name.

Xander Blackwell is forty-one, ruthless, and dangerously off-limits.

He signs my paychecks.

He owns my body.

And now—without knowing it—he’s the father of my baby.

It was supposed to be one night.

A drunk mistake.

Just his rough hands, filthy promises, and no strings attached.

But then I saw two pink lines.

And I ran.

I quit. Disappeared. Left behind an empty desk and a trail of silence.

I am not just running from my mistakes.

My dad owes Victor Hayes—a loan shark who doesn’t ...

I slept with my boss.

My dad’s best friend.

The billionaire who bought out our company… then bent me over his desk and made me forget my own name.

Xander Blackwell is forty-one, ruthless, and dangerously off-limits.

He signs my paychecks.

He owns my body.

And now—without knowing it—he’s the father of my baby.

It was supposed to be one night.

A drunk mistake.

Just his rough hands, filthy promises, and no strings attached.

But then I saw two pink lines.

And I ran.

I quit. Disappeared. Left behind an empty desk and a trail of silence.

I am not just running from my mistakes.

My dad owes Victor Hayes—a loan shark who doesn’t take no for an answer.

And now… he’s watching me, circling like a predator.

I’m hiding in a run-down motel, clutching my belly and my secret, when my phone lights up.

Unknown Number: Found you, sweetheart. Time to come home.

My blood turns to ice.

Because I don’t know who’s coming for me—

Xander Blackwell… or the man who wants to use me as payment for Daddy’s sins.