Chapter 6
Vance pulled a heavy encrypted satellite phone from his jacket, dialing a number with rapid thumb movements.
“What’s your stepfather’s full name, Lily?” the billionaire asked, reaching out his hand toward me.
“Julian Vance—no, wait, his name is Julian Sterling,” I stammered, mixing up the bodyguard’s name in my terror.
The billionaire froze instantly, his hand stopping mid-air as if he had just been struck by lightning.
The broad-shouldered bodyguard dropped his phone halfway to his ear, staring at me in complete disbelief.
“What did you just say?” the billionaire demanded, his voice trembling for the very first time.
“Julian Sterling,” I repeated, terrified that I had said something horribly wrong.
“He married my mom three years ago in Boston, right before she got sick and disappeared.”
The billionaire stood up slowly from his seat, handing his sleeping baby over to the flight attendant with extreme care.
He stepped directly into the aisle, towering over me like a dark mountain, his face pale as a ghost.
“Julian Sterling isn’t your stepfather, kid,” Vance whispered from behind us, his voice filled with shock.
The billionaire knelt down on one knee on the cabin carpet so his gray eyes were level with mine.
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“Julian Sterling is my younger brother,” the billionaire revealed, sending a shockwave straight through my chest.
“And my name is William Sterling.”
