by Avery Lynn
HE STOLE HER BABY. NOW HE WANTS HER HEART. Six years ago, Bella White was told her baby died. She grieved, she scraped by, and she survived. She was lied to. While cataloging archives for a charity, Bella finds a file marked "CONTAINMENT PROTOCOL". Inside is a photo of a boy named Arthur Norton-Sterling—the secret heir to the Sterling empire. Her son is alive. He is sick. And he is in the custody of the man whose family stole him: Julian Sterling. Julian is the cold, ruthless CEO of Sterling Capital. He handles problems with NDAs and hush money. But when Bella refuses to be bought, Julian is forced to make a choice: protect his family’s billion-dollar legacy, or save the son he didn’t know was stolen. Tropes: 💍 Billionaire Romance 👶 Secret Baby / Stolen Heir 🏥 Medical Drama (Sick Child) ❤️ Groveling Hero / Redemption Arc 🔥 Slow Burn
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| 0 | Chapter 1: The Box With His Name | 0 |
| 1 | Chapter 2: The Man Who Wants It Back | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 3: Redacted Truths | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 4: The Boy With the Sketchbook | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 5: Not Managed Again | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 6: Terms on the Table | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 7: Dignity in Ink | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 8: The House That Watches | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 9: Rules, Routines, and Pushback | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 10: A Smile That Promises Paperwork | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 11: Tea With Witnesses | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 12: The Rooms That Waited | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 13: Clean Words, Cruel Teeth | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 14: The Question in the Garden | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 15: The Name on the Authorization | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 16: Paper Shields | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 17: The Item With My Name | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 18: The Bid That Shut Her Up | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 19: The Name on the Receipt | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 20: No More Caveats | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 21: On the Record | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 22: Weeks, Not Months | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 23: No More Secrets | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 24: Bloodline | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 25: The Only Inheritance | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 26: The Board Doesn’t Get to Outvote a Child | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 27: The Donor Nobody Wanted to Be | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 28: The Story She Sold | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 29: Chain of Custody | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 30: Eleanor’s Offer | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 31: Night Shift | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 32: Protective Orders | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 33: Numbers That Bleed | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 34: The Blame Trap | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 35: The Clean Cut | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 36: The Empty Bed | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 37: Hope as a Job | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 38: Promising Signs | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 39: Forever, Explained | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 40: The Kitchen Vows | 0 |
