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Chapter 24: Cold Shoulder

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Ethan’s POV

Everything inside me went cold.

Claire’s words didn’t need repetition. Her father. The man holding Aria. I already knew what that meant. I had seen his kind before—men who smiled easily, who touched without asking, who believed money erased consequences.

It was a shock he was not arrested yet, money and power had a way of shielding criminals.

The road ahead blurred as I tightened my grip on the steering wheel. My mind shut out everything except a single image: Aria trapped, standing still because fighting would only make it worse.

I slammed the car into reverse. Tires shrieked as I turned us around, my foot pressing hard on the accelerator. The streetlamp came back into view far too slowly.

“Ethan—” Claire said, panic edging her voice.

“Hold on,” I said.

I barely recognized my own tone. Flat. Controlled. There was no room for fear now.

The locked room replayed in my head. Sophia’s call. The timing. I had stepped away at the exact wrong moment.

I should have stayed.

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