Desi sat in her small office. She pressed her fingers to her temples, willing her racing heart to calm down.
No matter how much she tried to focus on the patient files in front of her, her mind kept drifting back to Lucas and the events of the day.
She exhaled shakily, leaning back in her chair. Treating Victor had been stressful enough, but the real worry gnawed at her—what if Lucas found out about Colin?
Her chest tightened at the thought. Colin, her bright, curious little boy, was the only good thing to come out of the chaos that had once been her life.
She’d worked so hard to keep him safe, to build a life for the two of them far away from Lucas’s shadow. But now, with Lucas back in her life, even peripherally, her carefully constructed walls felt like they were beginning to crum
