Chapter 20: A Confession in the Aftermath
They didn’t go straight back to the farmhouse. Jane couldn’t face Clara yet. Couldn’t walk into that peaceful nursery still […]
Pregnancy. Betrayal. And a man who was never meant to be hers. Celeste faked her death to escape her cheating husband… but the only man who ever truly saw her was his brother.
They didn’t go straight back to the farmhouse. Jane couldn’t face Clara yet. Couldn’t walk into that peaceful nursery still […]
The Astor Foundation Annual Gala was the social event of the season. Jane had attended four of them as David’s
The Litchfield property was exactly what Gabriel had promised—isolated, secure, beautiful. A restored farmhouse on twenty acres, surrounded by woods
Gabriel noticed the tail on their third day back in Connecticut. Black sedan. Tinted windows. Keeping two cars back but
David was in a meeting when his assistant interrupted. “I’m sorry, Mr. Astor, but a courier just delivered these. They
The law office of Penelope Ashford was discreet, expensive, and exactly what Jane needed. No relation to Jane’s family despite
Jane found Vivienne at the boutique on Chapel Street. The same boutique where they used to shop together. Where Vivienne
Six weeks after Clara was born, they drove back to Connecticut. Gabriel’s lawyer had handled everything—birth certificate under Jane Mercer’s
It happened at three in the morning on a Tuesday in late January. Jane woke to wetness and pain—sharp, radiating
The bonfire wasn’t Jane’s idea. It was Kieran’s—one of the guys who worked at the marina and had apparently decided