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72: Desperate Negotiations

Author: Rosa Kane
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-26 21:17:53

Grace felt the shock of betrayal slam into her like a physical blow as she watched the two men drag Elodie's unconscious form back into the house. Her husband had played her perfectly, had allowed her to believe she was helping while orchestrating the entire failed escape as part of some larger, more sinister game.

The rage that flooded through her was unlike anything she had ever experienced in their marriage. Grace pushed Griff hard, her hands striking his chest with enough force to make him take a step backward.

"How can you be so cruel?" she demanded, her voice breaking with fury and disbelief. "How can you do this to an innocent woman? Have you forgotten that Elodie is pregnant? You're not just tormenting her—you're endangering an unborn child!"

Griff looked down at his wife with an expression of mild annoyance, as though her emotional outburst was nothing more than a minor inconvenience.

"So?" he said with a casual shrug that made Grace's blood run cold.

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I feel Elodie and grace should have just explained to Griff that Williams will never come for Elodie because someone is impersonating her, that would have been more easy.
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