Marcus knew about your land before he ever met you.” Hannah stared at the screen. Her hands trembled. Her heart broke because deep down she already knew what the evidence meant. The man she had started trusting might never have loved her at all. And the confrontation that would expose everything was now unavoidable. Hannah Brooks spent the entire night starring at the evidence, the photo from Mrs.
Parker, the financial records, the developer connections, the report showing Marcus had researched the Brooks property months before meeting her. And perhaps most painful of all, the growing realization that Lucas Sterling had quietly protected her for years without asking for anything in return. By sunrise, one truth had become impossible to ignore.
Someone had entered her life because of what she owned. Someone else had entered her life because of who she was. The difference changed everything. That afternoon, Hannah asked Marcus to meet her at the small Riverside Park where they had shared several conversations over the past few months. Marcus arrived smiling, confident, certain he still controlled the situation.
