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Chapters
Chapter 1: Unexpected Pregnancy
Chapter 2: Pieces Moving Into Place
Chapter 3: Just Make It Look Good
Chapter 4: Finding Mom a Husband
Chapter 5: I'm Calling Security
Chapter 6: What Kind of Job
Chapter 7: Playing Hard to Get
Chapter 8: She's Got Me In Her Corner
Chapter 9: Why Are We Hiding?
Chapter 10: Don't Reject Me, Daddy
Chapter 11: Calculated Moves
Chapter 12: You're The One With Hidden Motives
Chapter 13: I Hope He Comes Looking Soon
Chapter 14: A Matter of Persistence
Chapter 15: Soon to Be Neighbors
Chapter 16: The More the Merrier
Chapter 17: An Unexpected Invitation
Chapter 18: A Gift for Daddy
Chapter 19: The Anonymous Buyer
Chapter 20: The First Touch
Chapter 21: A Lucky Star After All
Chapter 22: Blowing Away the Pain
Chapter 23: Long-Term Treatment
Chapter 24: A Chance Encounter
Chapter 25: Is That a Hint of Disdain I Detect?
Chapter 26: Daddy Really Gets Us
Chapter 27: An Unexpected Touch
Chapter 28: The Call She Shouldn't Have Answered
Chapter 29: Not Letting Irene Win
Chapter 30: False Sincerity
Chapter 31: What's Not Yours
Chapter 32: Connecting the Dots
Chapter 33: Cutting Ties
Chapter 34: Just Another Business Deal
Chapter 35: Second Accidental Touch
Chapter 36: No One Hurts Him
Chapter 37: I'll Kill You
Chapter 38: Little Lions Protecting Their Mother
Chapter 39: You Have No Right
Chapter 40: Looking for the Real Sterling
Chapter 41: No One By Her Side
Chapter 42: Real Family
Chapter 43: The Calm Before
Chapter 44: When Had He Grown So Tall?
Chapter 45: Find Yourself Another Doctor
Chapter 46: The Only One Who Can Control Him
Chapter 47: Six More Months Confined to This Chair
Chapter 48: The One Who Actually Gives a Damn
Chapter 49: What's Rightfully Yours
Chapter 50: The Old Trick
Chapter 51: The CEO Has a Fiancée?
Chapter 52: The Little Angels' Movie Plan
Chapter 53: A Peaceful Evening
Chapter 54: The Morning After
Chapter 55: The Early Bird
Chapter 56: Daddy's So Amazing
Chapter 57: The Little Hacker's Plan
Chapter 58: Can We Stay Tonight?
Chapter 59: Uncle Adam Can Help
Chapter 60: Can We Sleep with Uncle Adam?
Chapter 61: Good Night Kisses
Chapter 62: A Night with Daddy
Chapter 63: Don't Tell Mom
Chapter 64: DNA Truth
Chapter 65: Weekend Plans
Chapter 66: Can You Take a Hit?
Chapter 67: You Deserve an Oscar!
Chapter 68: The Unflappable Dr. Sterling
Chapter 69: Just Like Family
Chapter 70: Dress to Kill
Chapter 71: His Sweet Side
Chapter 72: Inherited Intelligence
Chapter 73: Doctors Know Best
Chapter 74: Dr. Joy
Chapter 75: Wait Outside
Chapter 76: Suspicions
Chapter 77: The White Elephant
Chapter 78: Fishing for Daddy's Attention
Chapter 79: Peaceful
Chapter 80: Tense
Chapter 81: Exhausted
Chapter 82: After Exhaustion
Chapter 83: So Close
Chapter 84: Not For The Soap Opera
Chapter 85: A Racer's Gamble
Chapter 86: I'll Make Up My Own Mind
Chapter 87: I Only Have One Sister
Chapter 88: Just Like An Old Couple
Chapter 89: What Thomas Was Really Thinking
Chapter 90: Someone Is Waiting
Chapter 91: The Best Drawing I've Ever Seen
Chapter 92: The Handkerchief Moment
Chapter 93: First Impressions
Chapter 94: They're Sleeping Together
Chapter 95: Not Giving Up
Chapter 96: Can't Mess With the Sterling Family
Chapter 97: Run Away or Pay Up?
Chapter 98: Responsible for Dishes
Chapter 99: More Likely to Blow Up in Her Face
Chapter 100: Went from Dead Last to Champion
Chapter 101: Strategic Retreat
Chapter 102: Waste of Good Food
Chapter 103: Double Jealousy
Chapter 104: Caught in the Act
Chapter 105: Raiding Collections
Chapter 106: We'll Beat Your Scores Someday
Chapter 107: New Car
Chapter 108: The Drawing's Main Character
Chapter 109: Tired of Mom
Chapter 110: Overdosed and Outraged
Chapter 111: Hero to the Rescue
Chapter 112: Such Nerve
Chapter 113: Not Even Close to Uncle Adam
Chapter 114: Unexpected Olive Branch
Chapter 115: Three Little Words, One Giant Leap
Chapter 116: Why Wasn't I Invited to the Wedding
Chapter 117: The Bombshell
Chapter 118: Drowning in Family Debts
Chapter 119: Information Bombardment
Chapter 120: Hospital Hallway Trap
Chapter 121: Digital Witness
Chapter 122: Not Some Sacrificial Lamb
Chapter 123: Don't Say I Can't Find a Girlfriend
Chapter 124: What Kind of Hot Springs Is This
Chapter 125: The 26th Time's the Charm
Chapter 126: Wanna Be Part of the Scene
Chapter 127: Treating Her Like a Rival
Chapter 128: He Burned Her
Chapter 129: Uncle Adam Is Mom's. Period
Chapter 130: The Last Straw
Chapter 131: I'm In
Chapter 132: The Police Can Get Him
Chapter 133: If You Won't Fight for Him, I Will
Chapter 134: Funny Timing
Chapter 135: This Isn't a Game
Chapter 136: They're Armor
Chapter 137: They Said No
Chapter 138: No Way He Came Out Just to Have Dinner With Me
Chapter 139: His Lifeline in a Storm
Chapter 140: Can't Exactly Leave Her Alone
Chapter 141: We Are Not
Chapter 142: A Declaration of War
Chapter 143: Not Even Blood
Chapter 144: I Really Miss Dad!
Chapter 145: Checkmate at Dinner
Chapter 146: Rain Keeps Falling
Chapter 147: The Role Reversal
Chapter 148: The Doctor Effect
Chapter 149: Shields Up When Storms Hit
Chapter 150: Outside Looking In
Chapter 151: Checkmate in Three Moves
Chapter 152: A New Doctor from the Past
Chapter 153: CEO's Burning Exposure
Chapter 154: Fever, Feathers, and Feelings
Chapter 155: Sharks In The Doorway
Chapter 156: Lines in the Sand
Chapter 157: Scalpels and Stamina
Chapter 158: Slumber and Sacrifice
Chapter 159: Fury Recruits Another Ally
Chapter 160: Roses Can't Fix Everything
Chapter 161: Human Buffer
Chapter 162: Accidental Wounds, Calculated Strikes
Chapter 163: Exposed Secrets
Chapter 164: Walls of Paper
Chapter 165: Wright Medical vs. Irene Sterling
Chapter 166: Half-Billion-Dollar Scissors
Chapter 167: Walls Come Tumbling
Chapter 168: Champagne Shadows
Chapter 169: Backfired Trap
Chapter 170: Wine's Daring Truth
Chapter 171: Billion-Dollar Fan
Chapter 172: Memory's Morning After
Chapter 173: Hidden Past, Looming Crisis
Chapter 174: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Chapter 175: Invisible Handshake
Chapter 176: Cold Ward, Warm Evening
Chapter 177: Wheels of Mistaken Identity
Chapter 178: Secrets After Sunset
Chapter 179: Seventy Percent Heartache
Chapter 180: Would You Join Me?
Chapter 181: Sober Drunk
Chapter 182: He Knows？
Chapter 183: She Knows!
Chapter 184: Not My First Rodeo
Chapter 185: The Seventh Shadow
Chapter 186: Hunting the Hunter
Chapter 187: Paper Tiger Burns
Chapter 188: Press Play for Payback
Chapter 189: Checkmate
Chapter 190: Midnight Invitation
Chapter 191: One More Day Won't Hurt
Chapter 192: Clean Slate
Chapter 193: Handcuffs and Heartbeats
Chapter 194: First Steps Toward You
Chapter 195: Silent Prescription
Chapter 196: Skeletons at Dinner
Chapter 197: Brave Until Treatment
Chapter 198: Beyond Patient Zero
Chapter 199: Bleeding From Within
Chapter 200: When Will It Be Our Turn?
Chapter 201: When Did His Look Change?
Chapter 202: Midnight Messages
Chapter 203: His Secret Battle Lines
Chapter 204: Her Nose Never Lies
Chapter 205: I Need You
Chapter 206: The Last Debt
Chapter 207: The Third Wheel Uncle
Chapter 208: Tied By Invisible Strings
Chapter 209: Don't Be Ridiculous
Chapter 210: Sweet Revenge and Cookies
Chapter 211: No Enough Money to Save Him
Chapter 212: Choose Your Battles
Chapter 213: His Choice, Her Battle
Chapter 214: I Only Need You
Chapter 215: Moved On To The Next Model Already
Chapter 216: Battle For Her Attention
Chapter 217: Her Heart In His Eyes
Chapter 218: When He Caught Her Falling
Chapter 219: When She Pouted
Chapter 220: The Wrong Doctor
Chapter 221: The Fall She Couldn't Stop
Chapter 222: Promises in Handcuffs
Chapter 223: His Eyes Said Otherwise
Chapter 224: The Devil's in the Details
Chapter 225: When She Finally Snapped
Chapter 226: She Let Him Teach Her
Chapter 227: Whipped Into Shape
Chapter 228: I'm Dying Here!
Chapter 229: His Shoulder, Her Sanctuary
Chapter 230: Cut Your Losses
Chapter 231: Taken
Chapter 232: The Moment He Stood for Her
Chapter 233: Even He Gets Scared
Chapter 234: Morning Confessions
Chapter 235: Not Even Trying to Hide It
Chapter 236: Heart Decided
Chapter 237: When Little Eyes Notice
Chapter 238: Standing Up For Family
Chapter 239: When He Makes Them Feel Safe
Chapter 240: How Did He Get All the Hero Moments?
Chapter 241: When He Gets Aroused
Chapter 242: Hot Dreams, Cold Reality
Chapter 243: Islands and Secret Plans
Chapter 244: When She Allows Herself to Imagine
Chapter 245: The Hero Moment
Chapter 246: Starlight Confessions
Chapter 247: A Face Like That Comes in Handy
Chapter 248: Fast Deal Adam
Chapter 249: Between Busy Moments
Chapter 250: Kitchen Conspiracy
Chapter 251: Checkmate, My Heart
Chapter 252: 30s Is Not Enough
Chapter 253: Too Late To Turn Back
Chapter 254: Before Someone Else Entered the Picture
Chapter 255: Willing to Lose
Chapter 256: Busy Preparations
Chapter 257: The Last Guest
Chapter 258: When Birthday Candles Burn Both Ends
Chapter 259: When Candles Keep Burning
Chapter 260: Irene, Give Me a Minute
Chapter 261: Mapping His Road to Power
Chapter 262: Dolphins Dancing on Forgotten Promises
Chapter 263: Wolves Behind Smiles
Chapter 264: Birds, Legs, and Hearts
Chapter 265: Threat
Chapter 266: Hostages Without Chains
Chapter 267: Deals After Dark
Chapter 268: Hawks and Handshakes
Chapter 269: Wolves in the Shadows
Chapter 270: Blessings
Chapter 271: Lockscreens
Chapter 272: Your Corner
Chapter 273: Back in the Game
Chapter 274: Queen of the Lab
Chapter 275: Celebrations and Bonuses
Chapter 276: Rumors and Truth
Chapter 277: The Calm Her Name Brings
Chapter 278: Personal Doctor
Chapter 279: Checkmate, Uncle
Chapter 280: Wheelchair Privileges
Chapter 281: Whoever Marries You
Chapter 282: Moves Made in Advance
Chapter 283: Don't Forget to Bring a Pen
Chapter 284: In Your Arms Again
Chapter 285: Can't-Eat-Can't-Sleep Love
Chapter 286: Two Necklaces
Chapter 287: Family Approval
Chapter 288: Did You Think This Was Over?
Chapter 289: Nobody Hurts You
Chapter 290: She Is Connected
Chapter 291: Electric Moments by the Fountain
Chapter 292: When Matchmakers Get Matched
Chapter 293: Her Little Helper
Chapter 294: Wonder Boy Strikes
Chapter 295: Double Resignation
Chapter 296: New Project
Chapter 297: I Like You
Chapter 298: Blocking Her Future
Chapter 299: Unnatural Deaths
Chapter 300: When Neuron Meets Heart
Chapter 301: Taking the First Step
Chapter 302: No Chance Left
Chapter 303: You're Nothing Compared to Her
Chapter 304: Fall from Grace
Chapter 305: Ice Queen Meets Wheelchair Prince
Chapter 306: Have You Been Sneaking Romance Novels?
Chapter 307: Known To Kick in My Sleep
Chapter 308: The Question He Finally Asked
Chapter 309: Branded Into My Mind
Chapter 310: Three Mothers
Chapter 311: No Price Tag
Chapter 312: Operation: Tell Daddy Everything
Chapter 313: Super Duper Important
Chapter 314: So This Is Fatherhood
Chapter 315: Can't Even See The Screen
Chapter 316: Family Fun Day
Chapter 317: If Not Me, Then Who?
Chapter 318: For Adam, For Irene
Chapter 319: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?
Chapter 320: The Joke Is Too Much
Chapter 321: Their First Meeting
Chapter 322: Risking Life and Limb
Chapter 323: What's The Emergency?
Chapter 324: He Finished For Her
Chapter 325: Wrist Candy from Grandma & Grandpa
Chapter 326: When Truth Calls
Chapter 327: Casual Clothes
Chapter 328: I MADE IT HAPPEN!
Chapter 329: Forget Adam Haven
Chapter 330: Logic And Heart
Chapter 331: One Kid, One Grown-Up
Chapter 332: Little Peacemakers
Chapter 333: Dear Family
Chapter 334: What She Wrote
Chapter 335: Searching
Chapter 336: Calling
Chapter 337: Teaching
Chapter 338: Inviting
Chapter 339: Betting
Chapter 340: Returning
Chapter 341: Passing
Chapter 342: The SCHEME!
Chapter 343: Cat Out of the Bag
Chapter 344: Everyone Plays Their Part
Chapter 345: "H"
Chapter 346: Phase Two
Chapter 347: Get Ambushed with Another Scheme?
Chapter 348: Never Just About Us Two
Chapter 349: The Wedding (Part one)
Chapter 350: The Wedding (Part Two)
Chapter 351: The END
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Chapter 160: Roses Can't Fix Everything
The morning's anger had cooled to a simmer. She grabbed some water and dropped into a chair by the window, watching shadows stretch across the yard.
Her mind went back to yesterday's surgery—seven long hours focused like crazy, her hands steady even when she was dead tired. No wonder she crashed at...
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