Shattered Vows: Call Me Auntie Now novel Chapter 203

Quinn froze in her tracks and whipped her head around.

"What did you say?"

Seeing the shock shatter her composure, a cold, triumphant smirk curved Dante's lips.

He stared at her with the arrogant, merciless gaze of a predator watching its prey step right back into the trap.

He had totally cornered her.

"Her health has improved drastically. When she heard about the IPO, she insisted on coming down to celebrate."

"So... are you absolutely sure you won't be joining us tomorrow?"

A cold dread seeped into Quinn's bones. It felt like an invisible chain had just shackled her right back to him, impossible to break.

So that was it. No wonder he had shot down her demands so effortlessly.

He had been holding an absolute trump card the entire time.

She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her gaze was dead and hollow.

"I'll be there. But mark my words, I am not doing this for you."

As he watched her fragile, defiant silhouette disappear out the door, a shadow fell over Dante's handsome features. Beneath his cold exterior, a flicker of agonizing regret churned.

He loathed the way she tried to threaten him.

Yet here he was, weaponizing his own grandmother just to leash her to him.

Without even realizing it, he had mutated into the very kind of monster he despised.

His phone rang. It was Silas.

"Boss, we can't delay the press conference any longer. The media turnout is massive; the logistics are falling apart."

Terrified of interrupting Dante's date with Quinn, Silas sounded like he was bracing for an explosion.

Dante instantly locked down his emotions. "Have them start filtering in. I'll be there in ten minutes."

"Yes, sir."

He grabbed his keys. By the time he walked out of the restaurant, he was back to being the untouchable, flawlessly composed CEO of the Hayes Group.

No matter how violently his personal life was imploding, he never let it bleed into his empire.

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