Chapter 32: Connecting the Dots

Adam hadn't expected to see Irene here, much less looking this troubled. Her face was drawn with tension, and for a moment he just watched her, lips pressed into a thin line.

Irene was the first to recover from their chance encounter. "Mr. Haven," she said politely, breaking the silence. "What brin...

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1: Unexpected Pregnancy

2. Chapter 2: Pieces Moving Into Place

3. Chapter 3: Just Make It Look Good

4. Chapter 4: Finding Mom a Husband

5. Chapter 5: I'm Calling Security

6. Chapter 6: What Kind of Job

7. Chapter 7: Playing Hard to Get

8. Chapter 8: She's Got Me In Her Corner

9. Chapter 9: Why Are We Hiding?

10. Chapter 10: Don't Reject Me, Daddy

11. Chapter 11: Calculated Moves

12. Chapter 12: You're Crossing A Line

13. Chapter 13: Your move, Dad

14. Chapter 14: A Matter of Persistence

15. Chapter 15: Soon to Be Neighbors

16. Chapter 16: The More the Merrier

17. Chapter 17: An Unexpected Invitation

18. Chapter 18: A Gift for Daddy

19. Chapter 19: The Anonymous Buyer

20. Chapter 20: The First Touch

21. Chapter 21: A Lucky Star After All

22. Chapter 22: Blowing Away the Pain

23. Chapter 23: Long-Term Treatment

24. Chapter 24: A Chance Encounter

25. Chapter 25: Is That a Hint of Disdain I Detect?

26. Chapter 26: Daddy Really Gets Us

27. Chapter 27: An Unexpected Touch

28. Chapter 28: The Call She Shouldn't Have Answered

29. Chapter 29: Not Letting Irene Win

30. Chapter 30: False Sincerity

31. Chapter 31: What's Not Yours

32. Chapter 32: Connecting the Dots

33. Chapter 33: Cutting Ties

34. Chapter 34: Just Another Business Deal

35. Chapter 35: Second Accidental Touch

36. Chapter 36: No One Hurts Him

37. Chapter 37: I'll Kill You

38. Chapter 38: Little Lions Protecting Their Mother

39. Chapter 39: You Have No Right

40. Chapter 40: Looking for the Real Sterling

41. Chapter 41: No One By Her Side

42. Chapter 42: Real Family

43. Chapter 43: The Calm Before

44. Chapter 44: When Had He Grown So Tall?

45. Chapter 45: Find Yourself Another Doctor

46. Chapter 46: The Only One Who Can Control Him

47. Chapter 47: Six More Months Confined to This Chair

48. Chapter 48: The One Who Actually Gives a Damn

49. Chapter 49: What's Rightfully Yours

50. Chapter 50: The Old Trick

51. Chapter 51: The CEO Has a Fiancée?

52. Chapter 52: The Little Angels' Movie Plan

53. Chapter 53: A Peaceful Evening

54. Chapter 54: The Morning After

55. Chapter 55: The Early Bird

56. Chapter 56: Daddy's So Amazing

57. Chapter 57: The Little Hacker's Plan

58. Chapter 58: Can We Stay Tonight?

59. Chapter 59: Uncle Adam Can Help

60. Chapter 60: Can We Sleep with Uncle Adam?

61. Chapter 61: Good Night Kisses

62. Chapter 62: A Night with Daddy

63. Chapter 63: Don't Tell Mom

64. Chapter 64: DNA Truth

65. Chapter 65: Weekend Plans

66. Chapter 66: Can You Take a Hit?

67. Chapter 67: You Deserve an Oscar!

68. Chapter 68: The Unflappable Dr. Sterling

69. Chapter 69: Just Like Family

70. Chapter 70: Dress to Kill

71. Chapter 71: His Sweet Side

72. Chapter 72: Inherited Intelligence

73. Chapter 73: Doctors Know Best

74. Chapter 74: Dr. Joy

75. Chapter 75: Wait Outside

76. Chapter 76: Suspicions

77. Chapter 77: The White Elephant

78. Chapter 78: Fishing for Daddy's Attention

79. Chapter 79: Peaceful

80. Chapter 80: Tense

81. Chapter 81: Exhausted

82. Chapter 82: After Exhaustion

83. Chapter 83: So Close

84. Chapter 84: Not For The Soap Opera

85. Chapter 85: A Racer's Gamble

86. Chapter 86: I'll Make Up My Own Mind

87. Chapter 87: I Only Have One Sister

88. Chapter 88: Just Like An Old Couple

89. Chapter 89: What Thomas Was Really Thinking

90. Chapter 90: Someone Is Waiting

91. Chapter 91: The Best Drawing I've Ever Seen

92. Chapter 92: The Handkerchief Moment

93. Chapter 93: First Impressions

94. Chapter 94: They're Sleeping Together

95. Chapter 95: Not Giving Up

96. Chapter 96: Can't Mess With the Sterling Family

97. Chapter 97: Run Away or Pay Up?

98. Chapter 98: Responsible for Dishes

99. Chapter 99: More Likely to Blow Up in Her Face

100. Chapter 100: Went from Dead Last to Champion

101. Chapter 101: Strategic Retreat

102. Chapter 102: Waste of Good Food

103. Chapter 103: Double Jealousy

104. Chapter 104: Caught in the Act

105. Chapter 105: Raiding Collections

106. Chapter 106: We'll Beat Your Scores Someday

107. Chapter 107: New Car

108. Chapter 108: The Drawing's Main Character

109. Chapter 109: Tired of Mom

110. Chapter 110: Overdosed and Outraged

111. Chapter 111: Hero to the Rescue

112. Chapter 112: Such Nerve

113. Chapter 113: Not Even Close to Uncle Adam

114. Chapter 114: Unexpected Olive Branch

115. Chapter 115: Three Little Words, One Giant Leap

116. Chapter 116: Why Wasn't I Invited to the Wedding

117. Chapter 117: The Bombshell

118. Chapter 118: Drowning in Family Debts

119. Chapter 119: Information Bombardment

120. Chapter 120: Hospital Hallway Trap

121. Chapter 121: Digital Witness

122. Chapter 122: Not Some Sacrificial Lamb

123. Chapter 123: Don't Say I Can't Find a Girlfriend

124. Chapter 124: What Kind of Hot Springs Is This

125. Chapter 125: The 26th Time's the Charm

126. Chapter 126: Wanna Be Part of the Scene

127. Chapter 127: Treating Her Like a Rival

128. Chapter 128: He Burned Her

129. Chapter 129: Uncle Adam Is Mom's. Period

130. Chapter 130: The Last Straw

131. Chapter 131: I'm In

132. Chapter 132: The Police Can Get Him

133. Chapter 133: If You Won't Fight for Him, I Will

134. Chapter 134: Funny Timing

135. Chapter 135: This Isn't a Game

136. Chapter 136: They're Armor

137. Chapter 137: They Said No

138. Chapter 138: No Way He Came Out Just to Have Dinner With Me

139. Chapter 139: His Lifeline in a Storm

140. Chapter 140: Can't Exactly Leave Her Alone

141. Chapter 141: We Are Not

142. Chapter 142: A Declaration of War

143. Chapter 143: Not Even Blood

144. Chapter 144: I Really Miss Dad!

145. Chapter 145: Checkmate at Dinner

146. Chapter 146: Rain Keeps Falling

147. Chapter 147: The Role Reversal

148. Chapter 148: The Doctor Effect

149. Chapter 149: Shields Up When Storms Hit

150. Chapter 150: Outside Looking In

151. Chapter 151: Checkmate in Three Moves

152. Chapter 152: A New Doctor from the Past

153. Chapter 153: CEO's Burning Exposure

154. Chapter 154: Fever, Feathers, and Feelings

155. Chapter 155: Sharks In The Doorway

156. Chapter 156: Lines in the Sand

157. Chapter 157: Scalpels and Stamina

158. Chapter 158: Slumber and Sacrifice

159. Chapter 159: Fury Recruits Another Ally

160. Chapter 160: Roses Can't Fix Everything

161. Chapter 161: Human Buffer

162. Chapter 162: Accidental Wounds, Calculated Strikes

163. Chapter 163: Exposed Secrets

164. Chapter 164: Walls of Paper

165. Chapter 165: Wright Medical vs. Irene Sterling

166. Chapter 166: Half-Billion-Dollar Scissors

167. Chapter 167: Walls Come Tumbling

168. Chapter 168: Champagne Shadows

169. Chapter 169: Backfired Trap

170. Chapter 170: Wine's Daring Truth

171. Chapter 171: Billion-Dollar Fan

172. Chapter 172: Memory's Morning After

173. Chapter 173: Hidden Past, Looming Crisis

174. Chapter 174: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

175. Chapter 175: Invisible Handshake

176. Chapter 176: Cold Ward, Warm Evening

177. Chapter 177: Wheels of Mistaken Identity

178. Chapter 178: Secrets After Sunset

179. Chapter 179: Seventy Percent Heartache

180. Chapter 180: Would You Join Me?

181. Chapter 181: Sober Drunk

182. Chapter 182: He Knows？

183. Chapter 183: She Knows!

184. Chapter 184: Not My First Rodeo

185. Chapter 185: The Seventh Shadow

186. Chapter 186: Hunting the Hunter

187. Chapter 187: Paper Tiger Burns

188. Chapter 188: Press Play for Payback

189. Chapter 189: Checkmate

190. Chapter 190: Midnight Invitation

191. Chapter 191: One More Day Won't Hurt

192. Chapter 192: Clean Slate

193. Chapter 193: Handcuffs and Heartbeats

194. Chapter 194: First Steps Toward You

195. Chapter 195: Silent Prescription

196. Chapter 196: Skeletons at Dinner

197. Chapter 197: Brave Until Treatment

198. Chapter 198: Beyond Patient Zero

199. Chapter 199: Bleeding From Within

200. Chapter 200: When Will It Be Our Turn?

201. Chapter 201: When Did His Look Change?

202. Chapter 202: Midnight Messages

203. Chapter 203: His Secret Battle Lines

204. Chapter 204: Her Nose Never Lies

205. Chapter 205: I Need You

206. Chapter 206: The Last Debt

207. Chapter 207: The Third Wheel Uncle

208. Chapter 208: Tied By Invisible Strings

209. Chapter 209: Don't Be Ridiculous

210. Chapter 210: Sweet Revenge and Cookies

211. Chapter 211: No Enough Money to Save Him

212. Chapter 212: Choose Your Battles

213. Chapter 213: His Choice, Her Battle

214. Chapter 214: I Only Need You

215. Chapter 215: Moved On To The Next Model Already

216. Chapter 216: Battle For Her Attention

217. Chapter 217: Her Heart In His Eyes

218. Chapter 218: When He Caught Her Falling

219. Chapter 219: When She Pouted

220. Chapter 220: The Wrong Doctor

221. Chapter 221: The Fall She Couldn't Stop

222. Chapter 222: Promises in Handcuffs

223. Chapter 223: His Eyes Said Otherwise

224. Chapter 224: The Devil's in the Details

225. Chapter 225: When She Finally Snapped

226. Chapter 226: She Let Him Teach Her

227. Chapter 227: Whipped Into Shape

228. Chapter 228: I'm Dying Here!

229. Chapter 229: His Shoulder, Her Sanctuary

230. Chapter 230: Cut Your Losses

231. Chapter 231: Taken

232. Chapter 232: The Moment He Stood for Her

233. Chapter 233: Even He Gets Scared

234. Chapter 234: Morning Confessions

235. Chapter 235: Not Even Trying to Hide It

236. Chapter 236: Heart Decided

237. Chapter 237: When Little Eyes Notice

238. Chapter 238: Standing Up For Family

239. Chapter 239: When He Makes Them Feel Safe

240. Chapter 240: How Did He Get All the Hero Moments?

241. Chapter 241: When He Gets Aroused

242. Chapter 242: Hot Dreams, Cold Reality

243. Chapter 243: Islands and Secret Plans

244. Chapter 244: When She Allows Herself to Imagine

245. Chapter 245: The Hero Moment

246. Chapter 246: Starlight Confessions

247. Chapter 247: A Face Like That Comes in Handy

248. Chapter 248: Fast Deal Adam

249. Chapter 249: Between Busy Moments

250. Chapter 250: Kitchen Conspiracy

251. Chapter 251: Checkmate, My Heart

252. Chapter 252: 30s Is Not Enough

253. Chapter 253: Too Late To Turn Back

254. Chapter 254: Before Someone Else Entered the Picture

255. Chapter 255: Willing to Lose

256. Chapter 256: Busy Preparations

257. Chapter 257: The Last Guest

258. Chapter 258: When Birthday Candles Burn Both Ends

259. Chapter 259: When Candles Keep Burning

260. Chapter 260: Irene, Give Me a Minute

261. Chapter 261: Mapping His Road to Power

262. Chapter 262: Dolphins Dancing on Forgotten Promises

263. Chapter 263: Wolves Behind Smiles

264. Chapter 264: Birds, Legs, and Hearts

265. Chapter 265: Threat

266. Chapter 266: Hostages Without Chains

267. Chapter 267: Deals After Dark

268. Chapter 268: Hawks and Handshakes

269. Chapter 269: Wolves in the Shadows

270. Chapter 270: Blessings

271. Chapter 271: Lockscreens

272. Chapter 272: Your Corner

273. Chapter 273: Back in the Game

274. Chapter 274: Queen of the Lab

275. Chapter 275: Celebrations and Bonuses

276. Chapter 276: Rumors and Truth

277. Chapter 277: The Calm Her Name Brings

278. Chapter 278: Personal Doctor

279. Chapter 279: Checkmate, Uncle

280. Chapter 280: Wheelchair Privileges

281. Chapter 281: Whoever Marries You

282. Chapter 282: Moves Made in Advance

283. Chapter 283: Don't Forget to Bring a Pen

284. Chapter 284: In Your Arms Again

285. Chapter 285: Can't-Eat-Can't-Sleep Love

286. Chapter 286: Two Necklaces

287. Chapter 287: Family Approval

288. Chapter 288: Did You Think This Was Over?

289. Chapter 289: Nobody Hurts You

290. Chapter 290: She Is Connected

291. Chapter 291: Electric Moments by the Fountain

292. Chapter 292: When Matchmakers Get Matched

293. Chapter 293: Her Little Helper

294. Chapter 294: Wonder Boy Strikes

295. Chapter 295: Double Resignation

296. Chapter 296: New Project

297. Chapter 297: I Like You

298. Chapter 298: Blocking Her Future

299. Chapter 299: Unnatural Deaths

300. Chapter 300: When Neuron Meets Heart

301. Chapter 301: Taking the First Step

302. Chapter 302: No Chance Left

303. Chapter 303: You're Nothing Compared to Her

304. Chapter 304: Fall from Grace

305. Chapter 305: Ice Queen Meets Wheelchair Prince

306. Chapter 306: Have You Been Sneaking Romance Novels?

307. Chapter 307: Known To Kick in My Sleep

308. Chapter 308: The Question He Finally Asked

309. Chapter 309: Branded Into My Mind

310. Chapter 310: Three Mothers

311. Chapter 311: No Price Tag

312. Chapter 312: Operation: Tell Daddy Everything

313. Chapter 313: Super Duper Important

314. Chapter 314: So This Is Fatherhood

315. Chapter 315: Can't Even See The Screen

316. Chapter 316: Family Fun Day

317. Chapter 317: If Not Me, Then Who?

318. Chapter 318: For Adam, For Irene

319. Chapter 319: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?

320. Chapter 320: The Joke Is Too Much

321. Chapter 321: Their First Meeting

322. Chapter 322: Risking Life and Limb

323. Chapter 323: What's The Emergency?

324. Chapter 324: He Finished For Her

325. Chapter 325: Wrist Candy from Grandma & Grandpa

326. Chapter 326: When Truth Calls

327. Chapter 327: Casual Clothes

328. Chapter 328: I MADE IT HAPPEN!

329. Chapter 329: Forget Adam Haven

330. Chapter 330: Logic And Heart

331. Chapter 331: One Kid, One Grown-Up

332. Chapter 332: Little Peacemakers

333. Chapter 333: Dear Family

334. Chapter 334: What She Wrote

335. Chapter 335: Searching

336. Chapter 336: Calling

337. Chapter 337: Teaching

338. Chapter 338: Inviting

339. Chapter 339: Betting

340. Chapter 340: Returning

341. Chapter 341: Passing

342. Chapter 342: The SCHEME!

343. Chapter 343: Cat Out of the Bag

344. Chapter 344: Everyone Plays Their Part

345. Chapter 345: "H"

346. Chapter 346: Phase Two

347. Chapter 347: Get Ambushed with Another Scheme?

348. Chapter 348: Never Just About Us Two

349. Chapter 349: The Wedding (Part one)

350. Chapter 350: The Wedding (Part Two)

351. Chapter 351: The END

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