Part 1It’s A Child, Just Not His, But He Doesn’t Know

My dad wrote a will.

Whichever of my brother or I has a child first will get his entire inheritance.

So, I quietly poked holes in every condom.

But what I didn’t expect was that my boyfriend had secretly replaced my vitamins with birth control pills.

Yet I still ended up pregnant.

It’s just…the baby isn’t his, and he doesn’t know.

There’s no love lost between my brother and me.

He’s ten years older than I am.

Thanks to my dad’s affairs, my mom left right after she had me—took her payout and vanished.

Dad passed me off to Mason, and Mason handed me over to the nanny. Even if I was bruised or hurt, he’d just act like he didn’t see a thing.

As for Dad? He was hardly ever home.

And after I was born, he got more careful about keeping things “fun with no consequences.”

I found out later that my brother had once told him if he dared to bring home another child, he’d throw it into the river. And Mason kept his word.

The older he got, the more intimidating he became. Even Dad was a little afraid of him sometimes.

Recently, Dad found out he has kidney disease.

Now, after a lifetime of living as he pleased, he suddenly wants a grandchild.

So, he told Mason and me: “Whichever of you two has a child first will get my entire estate.”

Mason’s thirty-four now, the city’s youngest, most successful CEO.

And my dad? His wealth is worth at least ten times my brother’s.

Mason isn’t married, but he has plenty of lovers.

I only have one boyfriend.