David’s POV
They called me the King of New York City. Not a title I asked for—one I built from the ground up.
Lexington Holdings was my empire, forged from sheer ambition and a mind engineered for control. I’d made my first million before I could legally order a drink and my first billion before I clocked twenty-four. Every skyscraper with my name on it was a monument to long nights, cold decisions, and an unshakeable hunger to win.
I had my family to thank. My father served as a mentor, strategist, and taught me how to turn setbacks into opportunities. My mother—the quiet steel that kept me grounded when the game got dirty. They were my world.
Then came Susan. And my world didn’t just expand—it shifted.
I was deep in financial reports when my office door opened. Without looking up
