The CEO ‘ s Secret Baby and the Rejected Bride

The rain was falling hard against the windows of Kane Group's 87th floor office. Emily Carter rushed in with a stack of files, her heels clicking against the marble floor. 3am. Again. "Mr. Kane, these are the merger documents for tomorrow's meeting," she said, voice steady even though her eyes were heavy. Alexander Kane didn't look up from his laptop. Tall. Cold. Billionaire CEO. The man every woman in the city wanted, and the man who barely knew she existed. "Leave it on the desk," he ordered, voice like ice. Emily nodded. One more year as his secretary and she could afford her own apartment. Away from her toxic ex. Away from everything. She turned to leave when the power went out. Darkness. Then thunder. Then his voice in the dark, closer than before. "Are you alright?" For the first time, Alexander Kane sounded... human. One storm. One power outage. One mistake. Nine months later, Emily was running. She was fired the day she told him she was pregnant. "I don't do complications, Miss Carter," he'd said without looking up. Now, 2 years later, she was back in the city. Broke. Tired. And with a 2-year-old son who had Alexander Kane's exact eyes. She never expected to see him again. Until her son ran straight into the legs of the most powerful man in the country... at the company park. "Daddy?" the little boy asked, looking up. The world stopped. Alexander Kane froze. His cold mask cracked for just one second as he stared down at the child. Then at Emily. "Who... is this?" Emily's heart broke all over again. To be continued...