PAI PEN

One unexpected marriage. Two guarded hearts. And a man who makes walking away impossible. Chloe Bennett never planned to marry Adrian Sterling. She certainly never planned to fall for him. He is wealthy, powerful, and maddeningly difficult to read—the last man she should ever trust with her heart. Their marriage begins with uncertainty, but life under the same roof soon blurs the line between obligation and desire. A lingering glance. An unexpected act of kindness. A touch that lasts a second too long. Little by little, Adrian becomes more than the husband Chloe never expected to have. He becomes the man she looks for in every room, the voice she wants to hear at the end of a difficult day, and the one person capable of making her forget every reason she had to keep her distance. But can she trust a man who reveals so little of himself? And when their carefully balanced relationship is tested, will Adrian finally admit what he wants—or will Chloe discover that she has fallen in love alone? She entered this marriage determined to protect her heart. Now, the only thing more dangerous than loving Adrian Sterling is imagining a life without him.

"Please, make me pregnant." To escape a rigged trial and a lifetime behind bars, defense lawyer Yvonne Lind had only one desperate option left: get pregnant. And the only man within her reach was Lindsay Vance—the cold, enigmatic younger brother of the husband who had just framed her for murder to avenge his late mistress. For three years, Yvonne gave her heart and soul to Gifford Vance, only to be thrown to the wolves the moment his "first love" fell to her death. With her mother gravely ill and her younger brother's future on the line, Yvonne couldn't afford to die. She broke into Lindsay’s bedroom, expecting a cold transaction, a temporary shield to buy her time to find the truth. Instead, she got a possessive, dangerous protector who refused to let her go. Now, the elaborate lies have crumbled, and the truth is laid bare. Gifford is on his knees, weeping, begging Yvonne for a second chance. But before his hand can even touch the hem of her dress, a tall, imposing shadow steps between them, blocking his path. Lindsay looks down at his older brother with ice in his dark eyes. "Back off, Gifford. She’s my wife now."