Damian's POV
The first headlines broke before dawn.
Damian Blackwood was a man used to seeing his name on the front page, but never like this. Never with words that threatened to crash years of carefully constructed silence.
“Vanessa Hart Expecting Blackwood Heir?”
“Damian Blackwood to Be a Father?”
“Exclusive: Socialite Vanessa Hart Confirms Pregnancy, Names Billionaire Lover.”
He sat at the head of the long dining table in the Blackwood mansion, the early morning light seeping through the tall windows and cutting sharp angles across the screen of his tablet. Evelyn’s untouched cup of coffee steamed faintly beside him, her chair empty. She hadn’t come down yet, and for once, he was grateful.
The words blurred, but the fury was sharp, boiling in his veins.
Vanessa.
He had underes
