Smith POV.

I was 27. Young. Cold. Successful. Ruthless.

CEO of the Hart Enterprise.

People feared me. And that was fine. Fear keeps people in check. I didn’t have time for emotions or second chances. Not in this world. Not in business. One mistake could bring it all crashing down.

I sat behind my office desk…black, clean…just like everything else in my life. The skyline of New York stood outside my glass window. Everyone out there had a dream. I was already living mine. But it didn’t come easy.

I wasn’t even supposed to be here. I wasn’t meant to exist.

My father, Richard Hart, never wanted me. He wasn’t...