Chapter 8
Sienna went into labor four days later.
Not at Colemere.
Not at my estate either.
At the hospital she had chosen months ago.
Her decision.
I stayed outside until she asked for me.
That mattered.
Too many fathers with power mistake love for access.
Gavin was not there.
Sienna did not want him.
Bianca—her closest friend, not my relative—stayed beside her.
Hours later, Elena Rose Ferrante Cole was born healthy.
Sienna kept the surname combination because she wanted to.
Not because Gavin earned anything that week.
Not because Cole demanded it.
Her child.
Her choice with the name she had already chosen.
When I first held Elena, she yawned.
That was all.
No destiny.
No family merger.
No symbol.
May you like
Just baby.
Perfect.
