It is in whoever you left holding the keys.

I did not tell him.

I sat on what I knew and let it ripen, because some truths do more work when a man arrives at them himself.

Priya’s next message came ten minutes later. Roderick is demanding an emergency paternity test from Odette.

He’s convinced the male heir is the only thing that saves face with his board.

He’s clinging to the boy.

I looked at the sealed folder resting on the coffee table in front of me, and I let myself, for the first time in a very long time, smile.