Theo was twenty-five when he discovered something that would change his life -- his adoption certificate, with any information about his birthmother other than her given names, Lilliana Nichole, blacked out. His father is dead and his mother away on business, so he can't ask them why they hadn't told him he was adopted ... and why the certificate had been defaced. He decides his only recourse is to hire a private detective agency to search for Lilliana.<br><br>It doesn't take long for Ric Baron of Moore Investigations to determine that locating Lilliana might be impossible. But he's more than willing to give it his all for the interesting young man who asked for the agency's help.<br><br>Soon after Ric begins his search, he receives a threatening email from someone who wants him to stop looking for Lilliana. From there, things escalate as Ric and Theo deal with the aftermath of the threat and their growing interest in each other. Can they learn the man's identity before he discovers Theo is Lilliana's son and goes after him? Only time will tell.

A Secret Uncovered

Ric waited before following suit. As soon as he entered, he moved to where he could see the floor indicator above the elevator doors. It stopped moments later at Theo’s floor. Ric headed for the stairs, wondering, as he took them two at a time, if he’d run into their man before he got to Theo’s apartment.


Theo cautiously turned the handle of the door to his apartment, surprised at the relief he felt to find it didn’t open. Stupid me. Of course it’s locked. I locked it when I left.


He had walked there from the elevator expecting the man to jump out from one of the other apartments, or the stairs, and was now so tense that his shoulders ached. All he wanted was to get safely into his apartment. Then, wait for him to try to break in? At least I’ll have company. The cop Kane assigned to protect me is in there.


Chapter 35