I got dumped by my boyfriend… and woke up in his uncle’s bed.
Six years later, that uncle is my boss—
And my daughter has his eyes.

Lila
There’s a gap in my memory the size of a mating bond.
I don’t remember much about that night—just heat, regret, and the fake name I gave.
He thought I was a setup.
I thought it didn’t matter.
We both vanished.
Well… I vanished with a baby I couldn’t explain.

Now I’m in his office, interviewing to be his assistant.
Alaric Hells. Alpha. Billionaire. My...

I got dumped by my boyfriend… and woke up in his uncle’s bed.
Six years later, that uncle is my boss—
And my daughter has his eyes.

Lila
There’s a gap in my memory the size of a mating bond.
I don’t remember much about that night—just heat, regret, and the fake name I gave.
He thought I was a setup.
I thought it didn’t matter.
We both vanished.
Well… I vanished with a baby I couldn’t explain.

Now I’m in his office, interviewing to be his assistant.
Alaric Hells. Alpha. Billionaire. My ex’s uncle.
He says it’s just business.
But the way he looks at me says otherwise.
Wait…
Those eyes?
I see them every day… on my daughter.

Alaric
I’ve spent years looking for my childhood love—
The girl I lost. The promise I broke.
And now she’s here, all calm lies and haunted eyes.
The woman I once believed was a trap sent to ruin me…
Now pretending she couldn’t care less.

But that scent—
The one that’s haunted my dreams for years—
It’s hers.
She has to be hiding something.
And that kid clinging to her leg?
Might just be the answer to everything.