The CEO's Hidden Heir

Sherlyn wanted the child and had no use for the father. She is a master of traditional Chinese medicine, and after one night with a stranger she went up the mountain and raised her son by herself, taking nothing from anyone. Years later she comes back down with the boy and her medicine case, and runs into Lucas Taylor, who turns out to be the father and the head of one of the richest families in the city. The boy develops a rare inherited condition called red scale syndrome. Tracing it means tracing his bloodline, and that opens up a secret the Taylor family has kept buried for a long time. At the same time Sherlyn's arrival sets off a fight among healers, some genuine and some frauds with backers, over reputation and patients, and the fraudulent ones move against her practice and her name. She defends both while keeping the boy out of reach of people who now know who his father is. Her son is quick and helps more than a child his age should be able to. Between her and Lucas the old feeling comes back, older than either of them realized, running back through three lifetimes, and a second pregnancy follows.