As my grandfather walked in after I gave birth, his first words were, “My dear, wasn’t the 250,000 I sent you every month enough?” My heart stopped. “Grandpa… what money?” I whispered. At that exact moment, my husband and mother-in-law burst in with arms full of luxury bags—and froze. Their faces drained of color. That’s when I realized something was terribly wrong…

while Claire was resting.”

Edward rose from his chair with slow, terrifying calm. He wasn’t a tall man, not anymore, but in that moment he seemed to fill the entire room.

“Mark,” he said evenly. “Vivian. I’d like to ask you something.”

Neither of them moved. Mark swallowed so hard I saw the muscle jump in his throat, and Vivian’s fingers tightened around continue reading …