Five years ago, I ran away from my wedding in Lake Como after discovering that Lorenzo Bandini, the man I trusted with my life, had betrayed me. Before sunrise, I made one reckless choice with his older brother. Zachary Bandini is arrogant, dangerous, and far too observant. I left his room the next morning and disappeared before either Bandini brother could ruin what remained of me. I never told Zach that our single night together followed me home. Now I own one of Manhattan’s most exclusive wedding-planning companies, and my four-year-old daughter, Abigail, is the only part of my life I refuse to risk. She has my attitude, my talent for creating chaos, and Zach’s face. Keeping her hidden has worked for five years. Then I accept the biggest wedding contract of my career and walk into the first meeting to find Zach beside the bride. Her fiancé. Zach thinks I vanished because I regretted him. He has no idea I left carrying the one thing that could connect us forever. I can survive his attention. I can ignore the way he still makes anger feel dangerously close to desire. I can plan his wedding, smile at his fiancée, and keep every secret exactly where it belongs. But Abigail is curious, fearless, and impossible to control. And Zach has never been a man who stops looking once he knows something is being hidden from him. So what happens when the man I have spent five years avoiding finally looks into my daughter’s eyes and sees himself?