Dr. Dakota Archbold has endured four years of her mother-in-law's cruelty, always believing her husband Max would eventually stand up for her. But on Christmas Eve—nine weeks pregnant and clutching the gift that would reveal their miracle—she watches him stand silent while his mother demands he divorce her for someone "more suitable." When another woman's hand slides possessively onto Max's arm and he doesn't push her away, Dakota's heart shatters.
She leaves her rings and a note: Just clearing the path for your better future.
Max realizes too late what his silence cost him. His pregnant wife. His future. Everything. He never cheated, never strayed—but his failure to fight for her was its own betrayal.
Now he'll do anything to win her back. Cut off his toxic mother. Beg. Grovel. Prove with his hands, his mouth, his cock that Dakota is the only woman he'll ever want. That she's his—completely, possessively, irrevocably his.
But Dakota's done being the woman he won't defend. And Texas law won't finalize their divorce until after the baby arrives, giving Max months to prove his devotion... or lose her forever.
Can a man who stayed silent learn to fight for the woman carrying his child?
Genre: Romance
She leaves her rings and a note: Just clearing the path for your better future.
Max realizes too late what his silence cost him. His pregnant wife. His future. Everything. He never cheated, never strayed—but his failure to fight for her was its own betrayal.
Now he'll do anything to win her back. Cut off his toxic mother. Beg. Grovel. Prove with his hands, his mouth, his cock that Dakota is the only woman he'll ever want. That she's his—completely, possessively, irrevocably his.
But Dakota's done being the woman he won't defend. And Texas law won't finalize their divorce until after the baby arrives, giving Max months to prove his devotion... or lose her forever.
Can a man who stayed silent learn to fight for the woman carrying his child?
Genre: Romance
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