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CHAPTER 43

Author: Amycee
last update publish date: 2026-05-20 22:03:47

Mason told me to grab my things and meet him in the car because I was done working for the day.

I opened my mouth to tell him it was fine and I could finish my shift, but the look on his face killed the words before they could even leave my mouth.

So I quickly changed out of my uniform, packed my things, and met him outside. I had barely settled into the passenger seat before Mason drove off.

His grip on the steering wheel was so tight his knuckles had gone pale. He wasn’t speeding recklessly e
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    I tried to swallow it back down the instant it slipped out. I hadn't meant to say it out loud."Don't." Mason's voice was flat. "You know I heard you. And you remember what we promised each other. No lies. No secrets."I didn't have an option after that. I told him everything, every word of the conversation with his mother, and showed him the photo of the check I'd snapped with my phone.He lost it. I had never seen him this angry, not through any of the ordeal we'd passed through. He moved for the door, vibrating with rage.I got there first, blocking it with my body."Move," he said, low and dangerously calm."No. Not like this. Not tonight.""Mia—""I won't let you walk out of here in this state. Whatever you'd do right now, you'd regret it, and I'm not letting that happen.""Nothing I do could be worse than what she's already done." His jaw was tight enough to ache. "Trying to pay you off to leave me. That's as low as she gets. And she's going to get exactly what she asked for."I

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    My first instinct was to turn around and walk right back out. I knew nothing good was waiting for me.But Mason's voice looped in my head, the reminder that backing down only ever made things worse with his mother. So I decided to sit through it and hear exactly what she'd come to say.I pulled out the chair and sat. "If you wanted to see me, you knew exactly how to find me. You didn't need to stage all this."She ignored that, giving me the same condescending look she seemed to reserve just for me.“Why is it," she started, her tone clipped, "that you decided to latch onto someone else's man?”I was glad Mason had told me the full story of the contract already. If I'd walked in here without that context, she might have managed to shake me.I looked at her and reminded myself of Mason's advice to match her energy. Nothing I did tonight was going to make her approve of me."You've got that backwards," I corrected. "That's a question for Naomi. She's the one chasing a man who doesn't wa

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    Looking at Mason's face, I could tell he meant every word. If I pushed back too hard, this would turn into an actual argument, and that wasn't how I wanted to start the morning.I walked up and kissed him quick on the lips. "We'll talk about it when I get back."I turned to leave. He caught my wrist and shook his head. "That's not going to work.""Mason, please. Nicholas is outside. I don't want to be late."His jaw tightened. "Then I'll drop you myself.""That's ridiculous, and you know it." I ticked it off on my fingers. "Lior's school, your office, and my job aren't anywhere near each other. We'd drop him first, then swing back around to get me to work before you could even make it to yours. Or I just get in the car that's already outside and you don't waste an hour driving in circles. You know I'm making sense."He didn't answer right away, calculating, while my phone buzzed against my palm, Nicholas calling again.Mason glanced at it. "Did you tell him yet? That you're my girlfri

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    “Mason… how did you even find—”The words barely left my mouth before he took my hand and led me straight to his car parked outside.“Mason…”“Get in.”The way he said it shut everything down. Whatever I wanted to ask stayed stuck in my throat.I got into the back seat. He slid in beside me, the do

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