She was pronounced dead at dawn. Her husband remarried at dusk. Five years later a doctor with the same face walks back into their lives—calm, unflinching, and carrying two small children. Juliette Thompson has one rule: protect her kids at all costs. When she saves the Cross matriarch in a crowded airport, she steps into the orbit of Lucas Cross—the cold billionaire who once treated his dying wife like an inconvenient story and drove another woman into an early grave. Lucas doesn't believe in coincidences. He believes in ownership. He believes the woman who looks exactly like his late wife is lying. Juliette accepts one simple bargain: help him stand again, and she’ll keep silent about the past. But every needle, every hospital corridor, every stolen kiss peels back a lie. Alliances shift—grandmothers remember, children bond, a charity gala becomes a court of public opinion—and the single question everyone wants answered is finally forced into daylight. Whose life was buried five years ago, and who will survive the truth being dug up?
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