A widowed, emotionally closed-off millionaire. An intern with a complicated past. One impulsive night… and a pregnancy that changes everything.
Sebastian Turner believed he had already survived the worst. His once-perfect life had completely fallen apart.
After losing his wife to a cruel illness, he rebuilt himself through a silent, predictable routine, pouring every ounce of his energy into work. As the powerful heir behind one of the most influential companies in the country, Sebastian controls everything around him. Including his emotions.
Layla Francis never imagined she would one day become involved with a man like him.
An architecture student and an intern at one of the country’s most prestigious firms, she hides a painful past behind easy smiles and a naturally captivating charm.
They barely knew each other. Their paths rarely crossed inside that towering glass building.
Until one chance encounter changed everything.
One night. No promises. No expectations. Nothing but raw attraction. Those were the rules.
But life doesn’t care about rules.
After a devastating accident, Layla is left critically injured and in a coma. To everyone’s shock, she’s pregnant.
And the father? Sebastian Turner.
When she finally wakes up two long months later, she learns not only that she conceived a child that night, but also that the powerful, untouchable man who signs her paychecks never left her side.
Not for a single day.
He stayed. He watched over her. He followed every test, every uncertainty, every endless wait. He even talked to her while she slept.
Now, bound by a pregnancy and forced into each other’s worlds, Sebastian and Layla must face a new reality. One where their completely opposite lives collide.
Between doctor’s appointments, shared silences, preparing the baby’s room, and a growing, undeniable closeness, feelings that were meant to stay buried begin to surface… no matter how hard they try to fight them.
Because when desire and emotional connection intertwine, resisting becomes the hardest part of all.
Get ready for an emotional, heart-tugging romantic comedy filled with intense chemistry, broken souls, and a man who’s about to discover that loving again can be just as terrifying as it is inevitable.
✨ Age Gap Romance ✨ Broken Characters ✨ Workplace Romance ✨ Boss / Employee ✨ Surprise Pregnancy ✨ One Night Stand ✨ Strangers to lovers ✨ Forced Proximity ✨ He Falls First ✨ Emotionally Closed Hero ✨ Heroine Starting Over ✨ Second Chance at Love ✨ Close Quarters ✨ Growing Desire ✨ Adult Contemporary Romance ✨ Guaranteed HEA 📚 ABOUT THE SERIES This is the third and final book in the Fated by Surprise trilogy.
I liked this book but I was expecting something different from this book. Like the amount of love that they showed that Sebastian had for her wife. I was expecting some more from that end - his steps to move on instead of how the story flowed with the characters. A good book but not my favorite from the series or the author. Was expecting something more.