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Stepfather's Forbidden Claim

You drove back to the Hale estate to rescue your mother from a man you always knew was wrong — and walked straight into a trap that has been three years in the making. Victor Hale did not just marry your mother; he built an entire legal architecture around you, brick by brick, while you were away at university. Now the gates are locked, your phone signal is jammed, and the man who calls himself your stepfather is standing at the foot of the staircase with a marriage contract and a smile that does not reach his eyes.