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"I can't be pregnant for my uncle!" I muttered under my breath, staring at the results in a state of incredulity. 

Skylar has life's struggles all put into one burden on her young shoulders: the fight to balance school and work, to help with her mom under her uncle's hard rule. Life spirals right at the turn of one weird incident that humiliates her, costs her her job when it is discovered she is pregnant.

Then, when it feels like Skylar's world is falling apart, her mother remarries a very wealthy man whose twin sons immediately complicate her life. One has quietly watched her every move, while the other suddenly comes to her rescue, finding her torn between gratitude and suspicion.

As secrets unravel and hidden agendas finally surface, Skylar must manage a world of deceit, temptation, and betrayal. Can she find the way to retrieve her life, or is the danger too much to bear in this new family?

Lurk Color

The air in the room felt stifling, thick with tension I couldn't escape. The birth certificate lay crumpled in my hand, its words seared into my mind. Adopted. Every time I looked at it, my chest tightened like a vice. I wanted answers, but more than that, I wanted the truth.

Uncle Martin," I said, my voice colder than I'd expected. And I didn't care. He deserved it. "Why does this say I'm adopted?"

He barely glanced at me, lounging in the armchair like he hadn't a care in the world. That smirk of his? It made my blood boil.

"Skylar, you're focusing on the wrong thing," he drawled, waving a hand dismissively. "We've got bigger problems than some piece of paper.

Bigger problems?" My voice cracked, my anger bubbling just below the boil. "You're telling me my whole life has been a lie and you expect me to just move on?"

CHAPTER 41