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Seven Years, Half the Truth Chapter 9
Rhett grabbed my hand like it was his last lifeline."Talia, I need to tell you something."Sensing something was off, I got him out of the police station first."Did you evade taxes?""Yeah..."He hung his head and admitted it, his voice barely audible.It was absurd.It was true he'd made a fortune over the years. It was also true he'd dodged a fortune in taxes.Apparently, even his success was another one of his montage lies."I ran the numbers. I went through a lot of it..."Cold sweat covered Rhett's forehead."Conservatively, it's close to fourteen million dollars.""What?"I sucked in a sharp breath."Can you help me pay it off?"His legs gave out, and he dropped to his knees."Talia, I'm your fiancé. We've been together seven years. Are you really going to stand by and watch me go to prison?"My whole life, all the wealth we worked so hard for all these years, it'll all go down the drain!"I stood frozen, cold sweat breaking out before I even realized it.In
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Colette was about to say something when Rhett appeared out of nowhere.He was seething. The second he reached us, he yanked Colette by the arm."Get lost. Who told you to come here and provoke my fiancée?"Colette wouldn't leave. She looked ready to drop to her knees in front of him."No... Rhett, if you won't think about me, at least think about Noah."We're your family!"Rhett had run out of patience."Who said you're my family? Are you out of your mind?"Noah was sobbing his heart out beside them."Dad, please don't leave me and Mom. I'll be good!""Don't call me Dad!"Rhett roared."Shed one more tear, and you'll spend the rest of your life in foster care!"Colette was on the verge of breaking down."No, Rhett, you can't! He's your child, your own flesh and blood!"How can you turn your back on your own flesh and blood for another woman?"Smack!Rhett slapped Colette across the face."I give you seventy thousand dollars a month, and now you think you can get away
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Rhett was so angry he almost laughed."So this is revenge? You're using montage lies on me now?"You're pretty good at it."Then, right in front of him, I tore up the contract."Investing in me is supposed to win me back? I don't want your investment."I used to need money, Rhett, but it's been seven years. You're not the only one who's made it."I could see the veins bulging on his forehead.When he didn't say anything, I grabbed my bag to leave.Rhett caught my arm."Don't go..."I didn't come here to fight with you."Just give me a little time. Can we talk?"I shook him off without so much as a glance."Sorry, I don't have time."Instead of wasting your time on me, you should be thinking about Colette and her son."Rhett, let's just let each other go."He didn't come after me.On the way back to the studio, Brooke asked curiously, "So how did the negotiation go?"I said offhandedly, "It fell through."Brooke couldn't believe it. "That's hundreds of thousands of do
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Summers in Charleston were especially hot and muggy.I liked being up high, so I chose a high-floor unit with huge windows that let in plenty of light.I was swamped decorating my new place and scouting locations for the studio, and every night I crashed the moment my head hit the pillow. Then one night, I dreamed about the days when Rhett and I ate instant noodles in our old rental.When I woke up, my clothes were soaked in cold sweat.My stomach turned, and I hurried to find something to settle it.Lying in bed, I couldn't fall back asleep.If everything had gone according to plan, tomorrow would have been my wedding day.Several old friends had already asked me what time the ceremony was.I'd given them all the same short answer.It's off.We broke up.And I left it at that.I wasn't worried about him finding out.After all, I'd told Rhett long ago that I wasn't marrying him.He'd just assumed the whole time that I was throwing a fit.That night, I couldn't sleep.Bu
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Ring... ring... ring...Rhett had lost count of how many times he'd called. Every time, he got a busy signal.He sat in his car, coldly staring at the studio that had been smashed to pieces.He gripped his phone so hard that he cracked the screen.For some reason, he remembered the day he first leased this studio for Talia. Her eyes had sparkled like stars.She'd leaned against his shoulder and sworn she would love him for the rest of her life.But now the studio was in ruins.He'd heard Talia had smashed it herself.She'd had the guts to walk away from everything."Fine."He irritably stubbed out his cigarette."With a temper like that, she'll still show up and marry me like a good girl."He drove to a luxury apartment in the suburbs.It was the love nest he'd been keeping on the side in secret for six years.Rhett had never really meant to hide it from Talia. She was just too dense to notice until now.When he walked in, dinner was ready, and Noah was clinging to him,
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Colette's eyes instantly welled with tears."Talia, how could you?"Rhett rushed to protect the woman he cherished, and his son pointed at me and started yelling."You're a bad lady! Don't you dare pick on my mom!"This house belongs to my dad. You're just the housekeeper. Why should my mom have to pay you?"Rhett held the boy with one arm, eyeing me warily."Talia, you can be as mad as you want, but leave the kid out of it."I smiled and crouched down."Because I'm the owner of this home, and your mother isn't."And you're just his illegitimate kid. A bastard."The next second, a slap landed on my face.Smack!Rhett had slapped me.In seven years, it was the first time he'd ever hit me, and it was so hard my head spun."Talia! In front of a child? That's way over the line!"He sneered and shook out his hand.For a moment, I couldn't hear anything. All I could feel was the burning sting on my cheek."Take the money and go."I looked at the endless string of zeros on t
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