Duncan held Liberty's hand. "Don't worry about her. Mr. Fraser is secretly protecting her he won't let anything happen to her. You must be exhausted after a long day." He gently patted her shoulder. "Lean on me."

Liberty smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.

Immediately, his strong arm wrapped around her.

"Duncan."

"Yeah?"

"I'm so lucky to have you. I finally have someone to rely on."

For so long, Liberty had been the pillar of strength for her sister and son. But now, she had someone to lean on, too.

Duncan's voice was filled with warmth. "It's even better to have you. You're my rock-my strength. Love, I thank God every day for bringing us together."

They had met, gotten to know each other, fallen in love, and now they were building a life together. Liberty looked up at him. "Do you still remember the first time we met?"

and you accidentally bumped into my car. My brand-new car-damaged on the first day! Then Zachary called to tell me that the person who hit my car was his wife's sister. For his sake, I only charged you a small fee for the repairs." His car had been insured, and the damages were covered. But still, having his

caught his interest was Sonny-though the little boy had been

Sonny was adorable, and Liberty had looked so flustered and apologetic that he hadn't had the heart to get

and studied him. "So it was

the scenes. He knew she cared about you and your son more than anything, so he

us thought it would last. We never imagined Serenity would be the one to break through his icy walls. Now,

I'll make sure you live a life

"I

she leaned against his

Duncan, she hadn't even been divorced yet. She had still been trapped in her miserable marriage to Hank, who had just proposed that

worked in years, that all the money she had ever made had gone into

given her $5,000 a month, but Liberty had told Hank

excuse to cut

an argument, claiming Serenity was

he'd ever made before marriage

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