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Chapter 29

Author: Bil
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The crowd murmured louder, whispers thick with scandal.

Roman Thorne, so out of control?

With Dante Valerio as his rival?

Roman’s jaw flexed, his chest rising with barely checked fury.

He pulled Elena tighter into his side, his hand gripping her waist possessively as though to brand her in front of the world.

“You lay a hand on her again,” Roman said, voice cutting cold, “and I’ll break it.”

Dante’s laughter rang like crystal shattering. “Break it?” He tilted his head, studying Elena with deliberate insolence before flicking his gaze back to Roman. “You can’t even keep her from slipping through your fingers. Tell me, Roman, what’s more embarrassing? That your fiancée runs from your arms… or that she lets herself be caught by mine?”

The room sucked in a collective breath.

Elena stiffened, her pulse hammering, though her lips curved in that familiar, dangerous smirk.

She wanted to retort, to play her game, but Roman’s grip was vice tight, his fury was not something to toy with right
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