He needed to stop, this wasn’t why he’d followed her. He had only wanted to finally speak with her about their arrangement. But his body wouldn’t let him– her flushed face sent ripples of hot need coursing right through him. A moan escaped her, shattering what little self control he maintained.——————Six years ago, Gabrielle walked away from Edward Harrington with nothing but a broken heart and a secret growing inside her.Now she’s back—not for love,not for forgiveness,but because she has run out of choices.With a daughter to protect, a mother slipping away, and poverty closing in, Gabrielle steps into a world she no longer recognizes: Edward’s world. A world of wealth, power, quiet cruelty, and memories that refuse to stay buried.Edward is no longer the boy who once loved her.He is colder. Sharper. Untouchable.And he knows exactly how much power he holds.As past desire collides with present resentment, Gabrielle must survive a house where she doesn’t belong, a society that judges her at a glance, and a man who wants control more than reconciliation.But the most dangerous truth of all?Their past never ended.And their daughter is standing right between them.Love. Power. Humiliation. Desire. Revenge.In the Harrington estate, nothing is gentle—and nothing is free.