On my way to surprise my husband, his cold secretary stopped me at the entrance and said, “His wife and son are already inside.” I gently covered my daughter’s ears, called my third brother—the one my family trusted in every crisis—and said, “Find out what he’s hiding.”

birthday. She laughed while trying to place a daisy chain around its neck.

Victor joined me and handed me a cup of coffee.

“Do you regret hiding your identity from Dominic for so long?”

I watched Sophia race across the terrace.

“No.”

Victor looked surprised.

“Why not?”

“Because when Dominic believed I had no power, he showed me exactly who he was.”

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