“You abandoned me in the middle of the night! You left me alone for five years!” Maya hissed as he lifted his hand to touch where her slap had left its mark. “I left to protect you! I left because I love you!” Nathaniel protested in a futile attempt to defend himself. —————————————————— Five years ago, Nathaniel De La Rue found love and a new life in Arlington City, but his past soon caught up with him and forced him to leave behind everything he had built, including his beloved Maya Miller. Now, Nathaniel is done running. He must confront his past to protect those that matter the most to him. After fighting for his right to live and accepting his rightful place in the De La Rue family, he finally returns to Arlington City. However, upon his return, Nathaniel finds that his world is not the same as he left it. Maya, the woman he loves, is engaged to another man. His best friend now works for the man who stole Maya from him. Furthermore, the woman who had cared for Nathaniel like a mother is being abused by her husband. It’s as if he has to start from scratch. But things have changed. This time he has the De La Rue Family by his side.
WARNING: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCENE AHEAD, CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN PERIL ;)
Nathaniel was thankful to be able to have dinner with his son that night, unfortunately, Gabriel was about to sleep when he got home.
The poor little boy was nodding off on Nathaniel's lap as he tried to tell his father about his day.
He had learned from Maya that she sent Gabriel to one of the smaller private kindergarten institutions in Arlington.
She wanted Gabriel to fly under the radar as much as possible, so she made sure that no one in that school could recognize him. She would often drop him off before school in a cab and no one would be the wiser that he was actually a member of the Miller family.
As much as Nathaniel wanted to discuss changing Gabriel's schooling arrangements to match his identity as the heir to DLR Enterprises, he couldn't bring up the topic so soon.