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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
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Chapter 258: When Birthday Candles Burn Both Ends
Irene swung the door open and her face lit up instantly.
"Ethan!"
The lanky teenager stood on her doorstep, shifting his weight nervously, a small gift bag dangling from his fingers.
"Get in here," she said, already pulling him into a quick hug.
Ethan stepped inside, his growth spurt obvious as...
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