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CHAPTER ONE

CHANCE MONTGOMERY PULLED his SUV up to the big black iron gates that protected his iven hi lane, not surprised that nothing had changed The leaves on the tall trees that lead to the e, the way they always did in October in Pine Ward, Pennsylvania The brown and gray stone mansion, his childhood hohteenth birthday, when he’d run away

He’d left because his life was a ether with betrayal and lies Ironically, he was returning for the saht was the love of his life had left hinant with his twins She’d never loved hiet where she wanted to be in her career Nine months later, she’d had their babies and seemed to mother theo, she’d brought them to his house and said she didn’t want them back

Odd that it took her giving up the kids to reinforce the valuable lesson he’d learned when he’d discovered his adoptive father was actually his biological father People couldn’t be trusted Most looked out for themselves He should have remembered that when she told him she’d only been with him to use him But, no He’d actually held out hope that even if she didn’t love him, she could love their kids

He was an idiot

He pulled the SUV in front of one of the garage doors, clicked off the ignition and ju for him, his mom hurried over

“Chance, darling!” Her snohite hair was cut short in a neat and elegant style Her black trousers and black turtleneck with pearls made her look like the socialite that she was

She enfolded him in the kind of e foolish When she stepped away, her eyes were filled with tears “I’lad you’re home”

He cleared his throat He wished he could say the same, but the truth was he wasn’t happy to be here He wasn’t happy he couldn’t handle his twins He wasn’t happy his babies’ mother didn’t want to be in their lives He wasn’t happy that every person in his life hurt him, cheated him or lied to him

Except Gwen Montgo him A woiti him

“It’s good to be home”

Okay That was a bit of a lie But how could he tell the happy woman in front of him the truth? That this house reminded him of a dad who couldn’t be trusted That his life sucked…