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Riley had been loved by her adoptive parents. They weren't wealthy, but they gave her something far more valuable than money—a home, a family, a future.

But the people she was about to call?

They were the reason she had been taken in by that loving couple in the first place.

Her real parents had never seen her as a daughter—only as a pawn, a bargaining chip in their endless schemes. A bank if they run out of money.

In the original story, they had tried to extort money from Riley when they found out that she was together with Ethan, and when that failed, they had kidnapped her, hoping to ransom her off to the highest bidder.

And Ethan.

Ethan had saved her. He had stormed in, shattering the nightmare with his presence. It was the moment everything changed, the moment Riley realized that . . . he was the one.