The True Heiress Reborn And Slays (Alicia Delaney) novel Chapter 650

Chapter 650 Sudden Bloody Accident

Chapter 650 Sudden Bloody Accident

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The throbbing pain in her arm and the ugly look on Cyrus‘ face turned Claudia’s stomach.

She yanked her hand back in disgust, rubbing her reddened wrist, and shot back, “What if I am? What if I’m not?” Her voice was ice. “What’s it to you, anyway?”

She took a sharp breath, her gaze never leaving his. “And what are you even to me now? Every time things don’t go your way at work, you run here to throw a fit. Who do you think you are?”

Cyrus stared, stunned. Was this still the same Claudia who used to hang on his every word- the one who treated whatever he said like it was gospel?

Back then, no matter how unreasonable his decisions were, she’d just gaze at him with those adoring eyes and softly say, “Okay.”

That blind obedience had been the ultimate boost to his ego.

Even after he cheated with Maeve and they broke up, he’d still lie awake sometimes, remembering how completely she’d once relied on him, and feel a secret rush of pride.

But now? Now she was standing up to him over another man, her words dripping with contempt she didn’t even try to hide.

It was like she’d slipped right out of his grip and become someone he hardly recognized— someone he might even have to look up to.

That fierce sense of loss churned into something bitter and resentful inside him.

He couldn’t accept that she might have moved on so fast.

Then, a ridiculous idea rose from the mess of his thoughts.

The anger on Cyrus‘ face melted into something smug and knowing. “Nice act, Claudia. You’re not trying to make me jealous with Raymond, are you?”

He looked her over with certainty. “You think if you play the happy couple with the Harper heir and pretend you’re over me, I’ll regret choosing Maeve?”

Even now, Cyrus clung to the belief that what he’d done wasn’t really a betrayal–just him following his heart, making the better choice.

Maeve was sweet, accommodating, attentive. She put him first, knew how to handle his moods, made him feel needed in a way Claudia never had.

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Chapter 650 Sudden Bloody Accident

That was something Claudia, the pampered heiress, couldn’t give him.

But honestly, to him, the two women offered different things.

Claudia could open doors for his career in ways Maeve never could.

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If Claudia hadn’t walked in on him and Maeve that day, he would’ve been perfectly happy keeping them both.

It honestly hadn’t occurred to Claudia that a man’s ego could be so thick it defied all logic.

Looking at Cyrus‘ smug face, she just felt sick.

Arguing was pointless. She flicked a brief glance toward the apartment entrance before turning back, her voice low and deliberate.

“So what if you are, Cyrus?

“You waited here today not because Raymond bruised your ego, but because you regret cheating on me with Maeve. Right?”

With Maeve nowhere around, Cyrus put on what he thought was a heartfelt look and lowered his voice. “What if I do?”

He actually admitted it.

“Claudia, I’ll admit–I regret it.” Cyrus‘ tone was soaked in self–pity. “I never meant for things with her to go this far. You were overseas for so long, and I was here in the city alone… I got lonely. She came on to me.”

He brushed off his cheating as something that just happened–loneliness, passive weakness- then quickly turned it around on Claudia. “But you found out so suddenly, and the things you said… You didn’t leave me any way out. What was I supposed to do? I had to choose.

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