No,” I cut in gently, already knowing what he was about to say. Something like she’s going to love you the same way again. Something like this is just a phase. Something like Renee hasn’t won.
I didn’t want promises.
I wanted a plan.
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My blood heated, but my face stayed neutral. For now.
“I’m trying to understand your logic,” she continued, as if she were genuinely curious. “You buy everything. Companies. Reputation. Cities. People. And now you want to buy your way into Nick’s family too.”
She tilted her head.
“Or maybe it’s simpler than that. You sell independence on stage, but inside you live off emotional crumbs. The kind of woman who needs a man for validation, even when she pretends she doesn’t need anyone.”
Her eyes dropped briefly to my stomach.
“And then you pull a baby trap, thinking that’ll lock him down forever.”
The air shifted.
Heat flooded my body in a way that felt dangerous.
I went to the door and closed it behind me, turning the lock with a steady hand. The click was quiet, final.
Renee lifted an eyebrow, pleased, like she’d gotten exactly what she wanted, dragging me off the stage and down to her level.
I moved a step closer, slow and deliberate, and met her gaze.
“Okay,” I said, my voice low and steady. “Let’s settle this.”
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excellent epilogue!...