I didn’t sleep.
Not even for a minute.
Every time I shut my eyes, I saw Jade’s face…the shock, the anger, the heartbreak she didn’t bother to hide from me. And behind her… that boy.
Jayden.
My son. God, he has to be.
I paced my branch office like a man whose ribs were closing in on his lungs. My entire chest felt tight, as if something inside me was breaking in slow motion.
The intercom buzzed.
“Sir… someone is here to see you. He said you called him.”
Finally.
“Send him in,” I said, though my voice came out lower than I expected.
The door opened, and a gray-haired man stepped in… Mr. Smith. Former COO under Morgan’s father. A man who disappeared right after the scandal that destroyed Jade.
He looked older. Worn. Like someone who had been living with secrets that rotted his soul
