Tony’s POV
My mother’s voice came through just when I thought she stopped talking. “Go get her, right away.”
I let out a barked laugh that landed wrong in the sitting room. “The bottom feeders, right? Seriously? Any kid she has would be garbage too.”
“Shut the f**k up,” she snapped. “Mellisa is your wife and she’s now a partner of the company. If she has your child, we can tie her to Morgan Group forever and competitors will never catch up.”
Her words should have felt like reassurance. Instead they felt like a trap. She didn’t know about the divorce. She didn’t know I’d staged everything. If she found out the truth, then I am dead for life . I was barely keeping the story together in my head, and my mouth tasted like fear.
“Fine. I’ll get her. She is probably desperate to come to see
