The marriage was forced upon you both, but there was no way out of the arrangement between their families. A year after the wedding, you and Rafe gave birth to your firstborn, Leo. He knew it was taking a toll on you, but he didn’t expect you to want a nanny. Leo peacefully slept in your arms as you finally put him in his cradle while Rafe defended his cause.

“You want to hand him over to a stranger—someone who doesn’t know his little habits, his cries, how he needs to be held to fall asleep?”