HER HUSBAND STATIONED TWENTY ARMED MEN OUTSIDE THE DELIVERY ROOM—BUT HIS WIFE WAS ALREADY TEARING DOWN HIS EMPIRE FROM 30,000 FEET

I deserve.”

“Yes,” she said. “It is.”

For a moment, something almost gentle passed between them.

Not love.

Not desire.

Not exactly regret.

Recognition.

They had once been poor together.

They had once dreamed together.

They had once built something real before pride, weakness, and vanity rotted the foundation.

Then Samuel returned.

Ricardo noticed how Victoria’s continue reading …