The Don’s Discarded Surrogate

On the night of her engagement party, Arabella is betrayed when her fiancé is found with her sister, Isabella, and all of the Chicago Outfit laughs at her disgrace. Don Lorenzo Falcone steps in, proposing publicly and giving her his name and protection. For four years he treats her like a treasure, and when an old injury leaves him unable to father an heir, she finally becomes pregnant through the family's private doctor.

Then she overhears Lorenzo with his right-hand man: the doctor switched the vials, and the child she carries is a surrogate pregnancy meant for Isabella and the Moretti heir. Lorenzo plans to hand the baby to Isabella at birth and tell Arabella it did not survive. He believes her love makes her blind.

Hiding her knowledge behind a flawless smile, Arabella plays the devoted wife while quietly making her own arrangements, even as Lorenzo grows suspicious of where she is going.