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Lurk Color

"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?

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CHAPTER 9

"I mean it, Skylar," he said softly. "Anything you need-anything I can do. just say the word."

Skylar looked down and emptied her head. A part of her so wished to believe that he was offering support, but the doubt picked at her, reminding her of the mess Jasper had made of her life. She wanted to reach out, to tell him everything-but something inside of her held back, some warning she couldn't decide to heed or not.

"Thank you, Julian," she whispered, wobbling. "I. I'll think about it."

Julian opened his mouth to say something, but the sharp buzz of her phone broke the silence. Skylar glanced at the screen, her pulse quickening at the familiar, dreaded number-it was her uncle.

But her heart bottomed out because she had never told Julian that her uncle James was now her CEO-or that his influence over her job was starting to feel like yet another leash. She blew out an audible breath and glanced back up to Julian with an apologetic look.