Chapter 241

• “Assistant Dan says we’ve been married for five years. Do we have kids?”
• The word “kids” made Joaquin Latham’s chest clench. Zayla Steele had stomach cancer. Having a child would only speed things up in the worst way. He couldn’t let her take that gamble. And he couldn’t tell her about the cancer—what if it triggered something?
• He turned the whole kid issue back on himself. After a long pause, his voice turned rough. “No. It’s because of me. If you like kids, we can adopt later.”