“He’s waiting to see us get married this afternoon.

I need to know whether you can be truthful with me before we stand in front of everyone.”

Callum had no easy answer.

He had once believed that money and composure could settle every difficult moment.

Now he was confronted by a woman he had abandoned, children he had never met, a mother whose secrets had become impossible to ignore, and a fiancée asking a reasonable question he couldn’t evade.

“We need to postpone,” he said quietly.