The harsh fluorescent lights cast a pale glow over the sweat-soaked face of Vanessa Carter. Each contraction tore through her body like fire. Her eyes, wide with exhaustion and fear, searched the room desperately for someone she trusted.
“Please… where is my husband?” Vanessa whispered weakly, gripping the soft white sheets.
Standing beside her, a tall nurse with perfectly styled brown hair and immaculate makeup didn’t answer right away. The badge clipped to her coat carried a name that wasn’t hers. She didn’t belong to the hospital staff.
She was Chloe Bennett, the mistress of Ethan Hayes—Vanessa’s husband and one of the most powerful real estate developers in the country.
Chloe had slipped past security using Ethan’s influence and a carefully crafted lie.
She leaned closer, her breath brushing Vanessa’s ear.
“Your husband will be here soon, sweetheart,” Chloe murmured with unsettling sweetness. “He’s just waiting outside for everything to be over.”