One memory after another replayed in his mind, and as Stewart pieced everything together, the answer became painfully clear.

Briony must have found out about her pregnancy long ago. And she never intended to tell him-not from the very start.

His mind flashed back to that day...

The blizzard had raged outside, and Briony's resolve had been absolute. He'd been so blinded by anger that he'd overlooked the most important detail.

The Maybach sped through the city streets, weaving dangerously between lanes, but Stewart never eased off the gas for a second.

Inside the car, his grip on the steering wheel was iron-tight, his handsome features set in a cold, stormy scowl.

So this was Briony's plan-leave him while carrying his child, and then start a new life with James? Was she really going to let his own child grow up calling another man "dad"?

A bitter smile twisted Stewart's lips.

"Well done, Briony. You really outdid yourself."

With one hand on the wheel, he pulled up his contacts and dialed Cedric Clarke. "Briony's at your hospital. I need you to check her patient records, right now—"

Honk! Honk!-

Suddenly, a massive truck ran a red light and barreled into the intersection ahead.

wheel hard to the side just as the truck hurtled

black Maybach fishtailed violently, spun out of control, and careened onto the sidewalk. The front of the car

Crash!

hood crumpled and the

to billow

wheel, eyes closed. On the floor, his

you hear

voice kept echoing from

the hospital, Cedric burst out of his office in a

assistant rushed over. "Dr.

Zachary now-tell him to bring the ambulance

the trauma kit and come

sprang into

grabbed his own phone and called a friend in the

for help tracking Stewart's

later, the police had

jumped into the

scene.

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