JADE He’s smiling at them, kissed their cheeks even. I can’t believe my eyes. My contract husband has a son and daughter for a woman he ordered everyone to keep quiet about. Lukas’s business is always out there. He’s the icon of the century. Yet no one has ever mentioned his past to me since I got here. Why? I crumble at his feet as dust. That’s what he’s reduced me to with every lie that has come out of his mouth prior to now. Cleo snorts, breaking me free from my depressive thoughts. I spare her a glance, thinking she should have told me at least. If we hadn’t gotten into a fight, the roles would have been reversed now. I would be pissed at her for hiding the truth from me for so long. But Lukas is everyone’s above and beyond. The one who leads with a mighty hand they can’t dare

