“I came to sell you the truth,” Courtney admitted.

I would have thrown her out, but Gavin signaled for me to wait.

We let her inside, and Courtney cried without grace, without cameras, without an audience.

She confessed that she’d used an anonymous donor, because Jared had been completely sterile since a car accident in his teens.

He’d hidden it from everyone—which was why he’d had my uterus removed.

He couldn’t stand the thought of me carrying anyone else’s child, and he needed to present Courtney’s baby as his legitimate heir.