He was supposed to be off-limits.
My stepbrother. My roommate. My impossible temptation.
When my mother married into the powerful Thorne family, I inherited a coastal estate, a crumbling cottage, and a man I can’t stop wanting.
Cillian Thorne is everything I should avoid. Former military. Controlled. Devastatingly handsome. And bound by a clause in his grandmother’s will that requires him to produce an heir — with a woman who carries a rare genetic marker only I have.
One stormy night changed everything.
One forbidden touch became a reckless surrender.
One impossible contract became a secret I’m carrying in my belly.
Now I’m pregnant with my stepbrother’s baby, my mother is determined to destroy us, and the Thorne family empire hangs on a paternity test that could tear us apart forever.
He says he chose me over his inheritance.
He says he’ll fight for our family.
He says the baby isn’t a clause — it’s a gift.
But can I trust the man who was never supposed to touch me?
And can our forbidden love survive the truth?
