Doctor Daddy: An Enemies-to-Lovers Surprise Pregnancy Romance
I hate Dr. William Ashford.
I hated him in my ER. I hated him in the elevator. I hated him in the back of his car with the rain in my hair and my mouth on his.
Eight weeks later I'm sitting on my bathroom floor holding a positive test. 🤍
He's the iceman of Melrose Private. Widower. Genius. Six foot four of surgical control with his dead wife's ring on a chain he has never once taken off. He overrules my calls in front of residents, chews through my patient plans like they're suggestions, and tells me to stay away from his son.
I'm the new attending who paid for Johns Hopkins with scholarships, three jobs, and pure spite. I don't back down. I don't apologize for being right. And I have never in my life let go of something I decided I wanted.
One night. One car. One mistake we both swore would never happen again.
We were wrong about that too.
Now I'm pregnant, he's still wearing her ring, and every ghost either of us buried is clawing its way up at once. The billionaire father who never knew I existed. The mother who walked out on me. A journalist about to expose the name I publish under. A woman at my dance studio who wants my life badly enough to take it.
And a pregnancy carrying the exact complication that killed his wife.
He already watched one woman die loving him. 🖤
Hating each other was the easy part.
Tropes inside
🔥 Enemies to lovers with real teeth
🤰 Surprise pregnancy
🩺 Grumpy widower boss x blunt, sarcastic new attending
👨👦 Single dad and a six year old who steals every scene
🚫 Forbidden workplace romance
⏳ Age gap (39 / 28)
🔍 Obsessive heroine, possessive hero
💍 The wedding ring ultimatum
🏝️ Forced proximity and a family island weekend
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Explicit, open door, and often.
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