Buried in the Avalanche Our Love Expired novel Chapter 223

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“Yeah, you crossed a line-if we were a real married couple. But we’re not.”

Alfred’s jaw clenched. “Nella-”

She lifted her hand again and cut him off.

“We’re business partners. I don’t get a say in how you treat people who aren’t me.”

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That was why she never stormed in demanding answers. That was why she never called him out for leaving her alone under that snow.

Because technically, he didn’t owe her anything. The trip they planned? That might’ve just been him being generous on a whim.

She didn’t have the right to ask for more.

The message she’d sent him wasn’t begging for help. It was her last try at letting go of something she never really had.

“But we are married. I don’t care what kind of private contract we signed. In public, we’re husband and wife.”

Alfred’s voice got rough as he watched her speak like none of this mattered.

Nella stared at him calmly. She didn’t say anything.

Alfred’s frustration slipped away. His face dropped.

“I should’ve treated you better.”

His voice cracked a little.

“Grandpa was right. I do owe Zoey, but you don’t. And I can’t keep repaying that debt by throwing you under the bus.”

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