littlefawnheart
'Then why did you hire me?'
'Because when I met you and when I saw Jack, I just-' He covered his face. A moment passed before his hands dropped. His dark eyes found hers. 'I wanted to help.'
'You hired me because you pitied me?' She should have known. She knew what she looked like when they met. Her undersized waitress uniform, Dave's worn down jacket. Her son running all over the city.
'I hired you because the whole point of this company is doing good. You needed this job. I wanted to do something good for you. It wasn't pity or me hoping to get something in return. It was just - Jesus, Tia.' He ran a hand through his hair, messing up the gell. 'Don't make this into something ugly. I just wanted to help.'
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Tia has sworn off men since she had to start her life over in a new city, under a new name. All that mattered was keeping her son Jack safe and happy.
But Jack is on a hunt for Marlon, determined to reunite with his father. So, through a twisted luck of fate, Tia ends up working for a man who has the same name as her abusive ex.
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Marlon Vaughan wants to hate the beautiful woman who crashed into his life, using her son as an accessory to steal his money. But he soon learns not all is as it seems with Tia Catanzaro and that their lives have been intertwined for many years in ways neither could have imagined.