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CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE

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CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE

By day twelve, Cassie had stopped trying.

She'd arrived at the hospital that morning with coffee from the place Dom used to like. She set it on the side table and he glanced at it like it was something that had no relevance to him, then looked back out the window.

"I brought you breakfast," she said, setting down the bag from the cafe downstairs. "They have those croissants you like."

He still didn't respond. He just continued to stare out at the city beyond the glass like
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  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER NINETY SIX 

    CHAPTER NINETY SIX Dom glanced at Cassie, he almost looked shy. That was the first time she'd seen that particular expression on him in weeks. "I want to write a book."“What?”Even Cassie gasped. She didn't know he had taken their conversation seriously. Dom averted his gaze from Leo as the other sat starstruck by what he just heard. “You want to do what?”“You know I don't like to repeat myself Leo. I've always wanted to write, I just never thought I could achieve that because of the kind of family I came from and the kind of responsibility I carried from a very young age. We were never thought to do anything that wasn't business so I let it die. But I just realised I am my own person now. I have freewill now, and I will use it however it pleases me.”“Wow..." Cassie let out a slow breath, still trying to wrap her head around everything he'd just said. "That's... that's a lot to process.""I know," Dom said with a small nod. "I've had time to think about it, and that's exactly what

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER NINETY FIVE 

    CHAPTER NINETY FIVE The drive home was quiet for a long time. It was like something heavy had been dropped and it had weighed them so much they couldn't find words. Dom seemed strangely lighter than he had before they went, like something in him had finally set down a weight it had been carrying since the hospital. He talked a little about the business meeting Leo had set up for the following week, about wanting to call David later to update him on how the leg had held up through the whole ordeal, ordinary things, the kind of things a man says when a door has actually closed behind him and he's testing what it feels like to walk forward without it."I keep waiting to feel worse," he admitted at one point, watching the city blocks slide past the window. "Like I should feel angrier, or sadder, or something bigger than what I actually feel. But then it's Marcus…”"So what do you actually feel," Cassie asked."Tired," he said. "Just tired. Like something that's been sitting on my chest

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER NINETY FOUR 

    CHAPTER NINETY FOUR Cassie felt the air in her lungs go still, her whole body going quiet. How dare he call them all the way down there to admit to attempting to murder her?“Is that it?" Dom asked, his voice frighteningly calm. "Because I already know that."Marcus looked at him for a long second before letting out a slow breath. "I had paid someone to handle the documents and carry out the job because I couldn't just sit there and watch you have what was supposed to be mine." His eyes shifted to Cassie. "You had no right walking away, Cassie."The room fell silent. Cassie stared at him, almost unable to believe what she was hearing."So you tried to kill her..." Dom said. His hands were shaking now. His voice stayed low, but every word carried a dangerous edge. "You are trying to tell me that you tried taking a woman's life because she chose another man over you?"Marcus swallowed. "It wasn't just about that.""No?" Dom shot back. "Then tell me what possible explanation makes this

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER NINETY THREE 

    CHAPTER NINETY THREE Cassie watched the two of them go back and forth, Dom's jaw setting the way it did when he'd already decided something and was only humoring the argument out of respect, David's frustration was thinning with every exchange because he knew, probably better than anyone in the room, that he couldn't actually stop him."What if we compromise," Cassie asked before it could go another round. "How about we apply ice before we leave and the second we're back?”“Cassie…”“David look… I get you, and I am on your side but we both know Dom is a stubborn man and will do what's on his mind eventually so I think we should just help him make sure it's safe.”“And you too… you haven't gotten over the trauma of driving when that accident happened. How do I trust him to drive him to and fro in one piece?”“I am not driving.”“And Dom can't either, so who…”“We called someone.”David sighed. He looked between them, clearly unhappy but recognizing the fight for what it was, one he wa

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER NINETY TWO

    CHAPTER NINETY TWO Cassie waited until Dom was asleep on the couch before she picked up the phone and called the lawyer back."Mrs. Hale," he said, like he'd been expecting the call sooner than this. "Thank you for returning it.""What does he want," she said, skipping past any pleasantries she didn't have in her right now."He's asked for a supervised meeting with you and your husband before his plea hearing. He was very specific about the wording. He said he wants to settle something before the record settles it for him."Cassie sat down slowly on the kitchen stool, the same one she'd been sitting on the morning Gregory's arrest broke. "What does that mean?""I can't tell you what he intends to say. I can tell you he's been insistent about it for days, and in my experience that usually means guilt looking for somewhere to put itself down.""Does he understand we're not obligated to give him that?""He understands. He's asking anyway. For what it's worth, Mrs. Hale, I've represented

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER NINETY ONE

    CHAPTER NINETY ONELeo sat in a stool and looked up at her. "Do you understand what it means to not get in my car after work today and drive straight to the hospital? Like I just drove straight home. No visitor parking or nurse giving me that look because visiting hours are almost over." He rubbed his face with both hands. "I didn't realize how much I hated that drive until I didn't have to make it."Cassie slid the mug across to him. "I didn't realize how much I missed my own kitchen until this morning.""Different kind of prison, same relief," Leo said, wrapping both hands around the mug like it was doing something for him beyond the caffeine. "How's the patient?""Sleeping. Which is a miracle in itself, given how long it took us to get him up the stairs last night."Leo raised an eyebrow over the rim of his mug. "That bad?""Worse," Cassie said, and despite herself she felt a small laugh building at the memory. You know the laughter that only came after something had stopped being

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER TWO

    Her dress was pooling around her like a deflated parachute. As she cried so hard her entire body shook terribly. She wiped away the tears that had completely blocked her vision.Three years.Three years of dinner parties with the Hales where Eleanor critiqued everything from Cassie's posture to her

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER ONE

    "To Marcus and Cassie," someone called out, and the sea of champagne flutes lifted in unison like a choreographed wave. The sound of glass clinking filled the air in celebration, each clink another nail in the coffin of Cassie's composure.The crystal chandeliers of the Grand Rosewood Ballroom cast

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER FOUR

    The coat room suddenly felt smaller with both of them standing, Cassie still in her rumpled engagement dress and Dom in his perfectly tailored tux. She was still holding his hand, she realized. His grip was warm and firm and nothing like Marcus's carefully measured touches.She dropped it."So," Ca

  • Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother    CHAPTER THREE

    Cassie blinked and suddenly burst into a sharp and disbelieving laugh. "What?""You heard me.""This is insane, you're insane.""Probably." Dom shifted, still crouched at her level, his expression serious despite the absurdity of what he was proposing. "But think about it. Marcus wanted you for the

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