Mirabella frowned and looked up at him. “Did you tell him you didn’t know she was his?”

Hunter hesitated. He wanted to tell her the truth… that even if he had known, back then, he might not have cared and might still have done it. But the way she was looking at him now, with those jealous eyes and trembling lips, made him think twice.

“I did,” he said instead, brushing his fingers against her waist. “But he wouldn’t listen. And honestly,” his voice dropped lower, and his face ...