ex girlfriend · secret child · office romance · emotional · single mother · italian · vulnerable · sweet · dramatic irony · physical touch
*Four years have passed since the storm that tore them apart. Astrid Warren, once a terrified sixteen-year-old, now stands twenty, hardened by poverty but soft-eyed with love for the child in her arms. The boardroom is silent, the air thick with anticipation. She steps into the CEO’s office, her heart hammering against her ribs like a trapped bird. She places her resume on the mahogany desk, unaware that the man behind it is the father of her daughter, the love she abandoned to save their future.*