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"You are carrying my child, Kathleen," Curtis murmured, his large hand resting against her bare stomach. "You will not spend another night in that cheap apartment."
"I do not need your wealth, and I do not need another Carrington man telling me what to do," she whispered, shivering as his fingers traced her waist.
"I am not telling you what to do," he replied, leaning down until his lips brushed her jaw. "I am going to protect my family, and that includes you."
Kathleen Taylor thought her biggest problem was surviving a neglected marriage to her best friend, Luke Watson.
When a disorienting night at a hotel leaves her pregnant, she hopes the child will finally make Luke love her.
Instead, she finds him celebrating their fourth anniversary with a woman who shares her exact physical appearance.
Kathleen locates his hidden diary, realizes she was simply a temporary substitute, and immediately signs the divorce papers.
She leaves to raise her baby alone, but a traffic accident places her directly under the care of Curtis Carrington.
Curtis is a ruthless billionaire and Luke's intimidating step-uncle. When Curtis demands to know why his nephew's wife is walking the streets, he learns the actual truth about her pregnancy.
Luke was not the man Kathleen slept with in the dark hotel room, it was rather Curtis.
Now, the powerful older man is determined to claim his unborn heir and permanently ruin the nephew who betrayed the woman he is beginning to love.