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ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP SITTING HERE LIKE A POWERLESS PUSSY, OR TAKE IT TO BUSINESS, LIKE ME?

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CHARLES' POV

I stared at the scene unfolding before me, my fingers tightening around the edge of the table. My jaw locked, chest heaving. I couldn't take it anymore.

"What?" I said aloud, louder than I meant to—but I didn’t care. The words flew out like a bullet. My voice sliced through the silence in the room, making everyone turn.

Stanley didn’t even blink. My own friend. My so-called friend, standing there with a damn ring box, proposing to the one woman who made my heart race.

He said it was all an act.

An act?

This—this was too far.

Alora was only supposed to pose as his fiancée. Just for appearances. Just until his mother left. That was the deal. That was the line.

And now he was crossing it. Publicly. Boldly. Like none of it mattered.

“Is there anything wrong, Charles?” Stanley’s mother asked, her voice coated in concern, but it was laced with the kind of judgment that sliced deeper than kindness ever could.

All eyes were on me. Burning. Questioning.

I swallowed. My fists c
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to hell with chloe
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Chloe is manipulative, I just pray her brother doesn't fall for her damn talks.
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