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Her breath quickened when her eyes locked onto Sterling's. His presence made everything else but him disappear from her head.

Why was he here?

His gaze held something as it shifted from her and then to Michael. She had left dinner early, did he follow her? How else did he know exactly where she was?

Her uneasiness at his presence couldn't be compared to the dissatisfaction that spiked through Sterling at the sight of her carrying a toddler that he didn't ...