Sebastian Hale sat in his penthouse office, his fingers steepled beneath his chin as he stared out at the glittering Manhattan skyline. Normally, the sight of the city soothed him—the towering buildings, the controlled chaos, the unyielding ambition that mirrored his own.
But tonight, nothing could quiet the storm raging inside him.
He had children. Twins. A son and a daughter he never even knew existed.
The revelation had hit him like a freight train, and in the days since, his mind hadn’t stopped racing.
Isabelle had kept them from him. Deliberately.
His jaw tightened as he turned away from the window, his pulse thrumming with frustration.
“I still can’t believe she did this,” he muttered.
Across the room, James Adler, his long-time attorney, adjusted his glasses and leaned back i
