Ethan’s POV
By the third day, I stopped pretending Leo Carter was just another child connected to Nina’s life.
Nothing about him felt accidental anymore.
Not the blood compatibility issue my investigator quietly uncovered through Saint Bernard contacts that morning.
And definitely not Nina’s behavior every single time his name came up around me.
She lied too carefully.
Like somebody protecting a secret that could destroy everything if exposed.
I stood near the glass windows of my office overlooking the city while the investigation file remained open across my desk untouched for almost twenty minutes.
Normally, I made decisions fast.
But this situation refused to stay simple.
Because every answer I uncovered only created worse questions.
A quiet knock interrupted my thoughts befo
