The Don Tore Up Our Divorce (Gemma and Cassian) novel Chapter 172

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Reyna’s POV

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Cassian’s hand shoves me back, just slightly, but enough for me to lose my balance on the uneven pavement. I flail slightly, but before I can steady myself, Rhett’s arms wrap around me.

“I’ve got you…”

He declares like he’s my savior, and I fix a pitiful smile on my face before easing out of his grip, pushing against his chest with delicate hands.

“You shouldn’t have called him, Rhett…”

I turn away from him, pressing my fingers to my temples and shaking my head. “I feel so embarrassed. Whatever I said to you earlier, it was just me venting. But now? Not only do I still have the burden of this life hanging around my neck, I’ve lost my credibility in his eyes too.”

“He’s blind if he can’t see your worth,” Rhett says suddenly. “Rey… you deserve someone who loves you completely. Not someone who only has half a heart to give you.”

Oh, for God’s sake. Now?

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I want to scream. Now, of all times, is when Rhett chooses to

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But I breathe through the irritation and place my hand on his arm, stroking it softly as I lower my eyelids.

“Rhett… Thank you for being a steady presence in my life, through good times and bad. You’re someone I could count on, and incredibly rare. I really do appreciate it a lot.”

His eyes light up with hope, poor thing.

“But after everything that’s happened…”

I continue carefully, arranging my expression into a crestfallen one. “I think I need to focus on my career right now… after all, I kept it all on stake for Cassian, and… it’s just a huge disappointment. Dating isn’t even on my radar right now, but you’re amazing, Rhett. Honestly, any girl would be lucky to have you.”

The good friend card, delivered perfectly. His face falls, but he nods like some noble idiot, swallowing his disappointment.

He insists on escorting me home, hovering around me like a spirit hanging on, until I finally shut the door behind me after giving him a tearful thanks.

The second it clicks into place, my mask drops.

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Trip off my coat, toss my heels in the corner and storm into the kitchen, where my mother looks up from her soap opera with a

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“What happened?”

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She asks innocently, but I echo her words, laughing bitterly to myself.

“What happened? My entire plan fell apart, that’s what happened! I was finally getting through to Cassian. Just one threat of jumping off the building and he came rushing out of bed… but that bitch Gemma showed up, swinging his hand! Like that wasn’t enough, that turtle–faced friend of hers showed up and ruined everything!”

“Then?”

“Then what!”

I almost throw my purse at the table. “Next thing I know, firefighters are swarming the roof like I’m a freaking toddler having a tantrum! I created a whole drama, just for it to end with no guilt, remorse, or resolution?! Only pure, molten humiliation running through my veins.”

There is a guilty frown on mom’s face as she shifts uncomfortably.

“You know… I’ve met that Jace boy before.”

stop pacing. “What?”

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“Just to talk, okay! But I didn’t have any idea she would show up with him on a leash. He’s like a rabid dog… I was getting scared that he might leak the news of our meeting-”

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