The Enemy Who Stayed

Winter Harper came to New York with a plan. The plan failed. So she built something else — three jobs, a small apartment, and a three-year-old daughter who calls strangers "Dada" with alarming confidence. She didn't expect Alex Larson to be in that city. She didn't expect one exhausted, unguarded night to change everything. And she absolutely did not expect to be pregnant — again — by the one man she's spent her whole life refusing to need. Alex is cold, controlled, and worth more money than most countries. He's also been quietly showing up in Winter's life for months — paying her rent anonymously, making her shifts easier, picking up her daughter from daycare like he has the right to. When he finds out she's carrying his child and she hasn't said a word, he shows up at her door with ice in his eyes and two questions she doesn't have good answers to. Winter has her pride, her independence, and every reason not to trust him. Alex has his money, his patience, and a three-year-old who already calls him Dada. Chloe always knew. She just had to wait for the adults to catch up.