LOGINTo Every Reader Who Stayed Until the End,If you’re reading this, it means you’ve made it from Chapter one all the way to the very last page.Thank you…Thank you for choosing Wyatt and Avery.Thank you for staying through every misunderstanding, every heartbreak, every tear, every laugh, and every moment of hope. Thank you for believing in them, even when they seemed impossible to believe in.This is my very first completed novel, and I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better group of readers to share it with.Every comment, every library add, every review, every theory, every bit of encouragement reminded me that someone out there was waiting for the next chapter. On difficult writing days, that meant more than you’ll ever know.To my readers who showed up chapter after chapter, who celebrated every update with me, who laughed, cried, worried, and cheered alongside these characters, you hold a very special place in my heart. Thank you for walking this journey with me from begin
Wyatt's POV"I've got this," I announced cheerfully.Anna smiled as if she already knew I was about to fail.Tobias stayed stretched across the couch, committed to doing nothing. "Famous last words.""I have run two companies simultaneously," I reminded them. "One eight-month-old should be easy."The truth was, neither Avery nor I had stepped into an office in weeks. Paris had opened exactly the way we’d dreamed it would. Monochrome was thriving across California, New York and Paris, Kane Ventures and Sterling’s Industry had never been stronger. While we took this time with Theodore, Elise kept Monochrome running with the same steady brilliance she’d always had. Marcus handled Kane Ventures, and Nate quietly kept Sterling industries moving without missing a beat. Looking at him now, calm, confident and whole again, I couldn’t help feeling proud. After everything life had thrown at him, he’d found his way back.Our son, Theodore Kane Sterling chose that exact moment to unleash the
Wyatt's POVBy thirty-eight weeks, Avery had officially declared war on pregnancy.I’d also learned not to comment on it if I valued my life.Tobias had taken over breakfast, though “cooking” was a generous description. Most of his effort seemed to go into eating the bacon before it ever reached a plate.Nate’s contribution had been one slice of toast and the moral support of sitting nearby."You both came to help," I reminded them."We're moral support," Tobias said, not looking up from the bacon he was eating."You're eating my breakfast.""I'm keeping morale high."From the living room, I heard Avery’s voice.It had that familiar tone that meant she was trying very hard to stay patient with me."Wyatt."I set the spatula down."Yes?""My feet.""What about them?""They belong higher."I dried my hands on the dish towel and went to grab the footstool she’d kicked aside. Behind me, Tobias told Nate.“He’s her butler now.”I didn’t even look up. “I’m her husband.”“Same thing,” Avery
Wyatt's POVThe wedding ring rested in my palm, catching the soft morning light.I stood in front of the mirror dressed in my black tuxedo, every button fastened, every cuff perfectly in place.Right there, I wasn’t thinking about how I looked. I was thinking about the woman waiting for me at the end of the aisle.I hadn’t moved in four minutes. I just kept turning the ring, feeling its warmth.The house had been buzzing since sunrise.Staff hurried from one room to another, someone argued over table settings of the reception hall, and Anna somehow managed three phone calls at once without missing a single detail.Edward’s calm voice drifted through the house every now and then, quietly solving problems before anyone else even noticed them.It was chaos, the happiest kind.I closed my hand around the ring and let out a slow breath.It didn’t help.My heart refused to stop beating fast. I flexed my fingers, they were shaking.Today was finally the day.Marcus came in first, took one lo
Avery's POVMy assistant rushed toward me as soon as I stepped through the door. "You're finally back!" She grabbed my hands and beamed."The whole team has been…" She pressed her lips together. "Okay, everyone has been going insane without you in the building."I laughed. “I wasn't gone that long.""Seven months, two weeks, and two days.” She said checking her watch. “But who's counting.”Applause started near the design department before spreading across the entire showroom.Designers, assistants, pattern makers… Everyone had stopped working.I hadn’t expected this.My hand rested instinctively over my stomach as my chest tightened."Welcome back, boss," a junior designer shouted.I laughed through the sting behind my eyes and quickly covered my mouth before I embarrassed myself.“Alright…” I managed, smiling. “Back to work before somebody starts charging me for wasting company time.”Groans and laughter echoed through the showroom.Slowly everyone returned to their stations, thou
Avery's POVHis hand was still there.His thumb moved slightly against the curve of my stomach, as if he needed to make sure it was real. The orchestra kept playing. Conversations slowly picked up again, waiters continued moving between tables, and cameras flashed across the ballroom. The evening carried on around us, but for those few seconds, it felt like the rest of the world had disappeared."Our baby…” he whispered, barely above a whisper.My eyes burned instantly.I swallowed hard, but it did nothing to stop the emotion rising inside me.I covered his hand with both of mine. "Our baby.”He closed his eyes, his jaw worked like he fought to hold everything in.When he opened them again, the tears were still there, refusing to fall.He kept his hand there, his fingers spreading a little wider across my stomach as though feeling it made everything easier to believe.Little by little, the silence around us began to break. Whispers drifted through the ballroom.“She’s been pregnant
Avery’s POVOn the third day I kicked Wyatt out, the beach house was already suffocating me because of its silence. I kept on checking the door, glancing at my phone expecting his name to light up the screen. No calls and no texts. He actually listened.I told myself this was what I wanted, space
Wyatt’s POVI didn’t sleep.I sat in my hotel room with my laptop open with running searches, making calls to contacts who specialized in things most people didn’t want to know about. Marcus also worked through all the night tracking vehicles, running plates and checking hotel registries within a
Wyatt’s povI sat in my truck outside Avery’s beach house, watching until her lights turned on inside, that’s only when I could breathe.What the hell was I doing?My hands were still shaking from pulling that psychotic woman off her. I’d broken every rule Richard gave me today. Every single one of
Avery’s POVMy heart slammed against my ribs so hard I thought it might break through.Ethan. The man who had destroyed me before Nate Sterling got a chance.No. No, this cannot be happening!He turned fully now and our eyes locked across the street. Recognition hit his face and his eyes went from







