THE BABY HIS MOTHER PAID ME TO HIDE
Six years ago, Elara Vale disappeared from Adrian Cross’s life without an explanation. He believed she chose money over him. He never knew she left carrying his child. Back then, Elara was young, pregnant, and terrified when Adrian’s powerful mother, Vivienne Cross, discovered the truth. Vivienne offered her money to disappear—and when Elara refused, she made it clear exactly how much damage the Cross family could do to everyone Elara loved. So Elara ran. She built a new life, raised her son alone, and turned herself into a successful woman who would never again need the Cross family for anything. Then one business contract brings her back to Bellmont. And back to Adrian. Their reunion is cold, bitter, and painfully unfinished. Adrian still believes Elara abandoned him for money. Elara refuses to reopen wounds she barely survived the first time. Until Adrian sees five-year-old Noah. A little boy with his eyes. His expressions. His stubbornness. And a birth date that changes everything. When Adrian learns Noah is his son, the woman he once loved becomes the woman who stole five years of fatherhood from him. But Elara was never the only one keeping secrets. His mother knew. She knew Elara was pregnant. She knew Adrian had a son. And she chose the Cross empire anyway. Now Adrian wants the years he lost. Elara intends to protect the peaceful life she fought to build. And the Cross family has already begun looking at Noah not as a little boy—but as an heir. Between family power struggles, old betrayal, painful truths, and a love that never completely died, Elara and Adrian must decide whether what was destroyed six years ago can ever become something worth choosing again. Because Adrian may finally know about his son. But earning his place in Noah’s life—and Elara’s heart—will cost him far more than the money his mother once offered to make them disappear.
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