Reese was on her way to Ramos Corporation when her phone rang, cutting off her GPS. Without thinking, she hit answer.


    "Reese, Robbie''s in the hospital. Can youe see him?" Jane''s voice was tight, clearly worried.


    Reese raised an eyebrow. "What did the doctors say?"


    "They said it''s his gic condition," Jane replied, her voice shaky under all the background noise. "He woke up this morning feeling off, had a low fever, so I brought him in. By the time we got to the hospital, it shot up and he passed out."


    Reese''s hands tightened on the steering wheel, her lips pulling into a faint, cynical smile.


    Of course. She already knew Sebastian and Robbie both carried that mutated gene, that time bomb just waiting to go off. And now, right when her divorce with Sebastian was heating up, right after she''d finally gotten proof he''d made her a surrogate behind her back, suddenly Robbie falls ill? The timing was just too perfect.


    "So what''s the doctor''s n?" Reese asked, her tone deliberately slow, not giving away the slightest bit of worry. "I''ve got a lot going on today. I''ll stop by when I can."


    She was honestly curious what they were trying to pull this time.


    But not right now.


    "Reese, do you even care about Robbie?" Jane''s voice went sharp, echoing in the car. "That''s your son in a hospital bed! And you''re still thinking about work? Even if you insist on divorcing Sebastian, you can''t just leave your own kid like this!"


    Jane had hoped Reese would rush to the hospital, see Robbie looking so pitiful, and then Jane could swoop in, persuade her to agree to another pregnancy to save Robbie.


    But Reese didn''t even flinch. She wasn''ting, and she wasn''t buying it.


    Had Robbie spent allst night freezing for nothing?


    Jane''s voice was practically screeching now. Reese frowned and turned down the volume. "He''s got doctors there. He''ll be fine for now. I have to go."


    She hung up before Jane could say another word.


    Jane stared at her phone for a second, fuming, her chest tight with frustration. Then she dialed Sebastian.


    He picked up. "Hello?"


    Before Sebastian could say anything else, Janeunched into everything that had just happened, barely pausing for breath, and throwing in plenty ofints about Reese.


    Finally, she said, "Sebastian, you can''t go through with this divorce. If the court sides with Reese, it means her evidence is song Do you know what that''ll do to Ratcliff Global''s reputation?"


    "And right now, Robbie''s only hope is for you and Reese to have another kid to save him!"


    "I''m not divorcing her," Sebastian said coolly from behind his desk. He picked up a cigarette, lit it, and stared at his tablet.


    The hot topics online were a mess. Reese was being used of pushing Tara, people trashing her in thements.


    "Reese doesn''t care about anyone anymore, Jane went on. "Now she''s even ignoring Robbie You need to


    act: If you have another child, it'' save both Robbie and yourself. You need to make it happen. Soon."


    Sebastian looked out at the endless city skyline, his voice low. "I know."


    As soon as he hung up, Brady stepped in, careful. "Sir, the press is all over Mrs. Ratcliff. Should we get PR on this?"


    "Ramos Corporation''s stock is tanking, the board''s a mess, and I''ve heard the Meyer family wants to buy them out. She can''t handle this alone."


    Sebastian gave a cold, thin smile, blowing out a stream of smoke. "Don''t bother. I''ll wait for her toe to me."


    He leaned back in his chair and nced at the screen again. He wanted her to see for


    herself without the Rateliff family She had nothing. Sooner orter, she''de crawling back.