Chapter Sixty Nine

EdwinaSteven came by every day to see me, begging—no, pleading—for my forgiveness. He kept insisting he had only been looking out for me, but the truth was, he hadn’t. Not really. He had delivered the news of Justice’s—Max’s—identity in the worst way possible. He hadn’t done it for me; he had done it for himself. He wanted Max out of my life, and he hadn’t cared how that would shatter me.How could he not think of me? Even if he didn’t know about my feelings for Max, shouldn’t he have shown a little consideration? A little compassion? Instead, he had been selfish, and now I was left with the wreckage. Forgiveness would come eventually—I knew myself well enough to know I couldn’t hold on forever—but right now, it was too raw, too jagged to touch without bleeding.Now that the truth was out—that Max was a prince, a damn prince—it no longer felt right to keep working at the restaurant, so I quit. My sisters didn’t see any problem with it. If anything, they were dazzled by him. They s

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Chapter Seventy

Maximillian Edwina Danielle Jonas was a menace, pure and simple. She drove me absolutely crazy with her childish antics—her ability to poke at every nerve I had like she enjoyed it—but the truth? That same childish behavior was the very thing that made me fall for her in the first place. God help me, she was chaos wrapped in sunshine, and I was addicted. Despite all her mischief, Edwina had the most caring heart of anyone I knew. I’d been on the receiving end of it more times than I could count. Yeah, I should know. She’d held me together when I thought I’d fall apart, even if she didn’t realize it. And maybe that’s why no matter how much she exasperated me, I could never stay mad at her for long. She was my constant storm and my quiet refuge all in one.Princess Miranda, on the other hand, was becoming a thorn in my side. Scratch that—she was the thorn. She refused to take no for an answer, clinging to me like a curse I couldn’t shake. My patience was thinning by the second. My s

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Chapter Seventy One

Maximillian I shifted my weight, suddenly hyperaware of how small my request sounded compared to the grandeur around me. The apartment screamed wealth, luxury, excess. But me? I wasn’t sure I wanted to drown in all that anymore.“I… I just don’t need that many people around me, Dad,” I admitted quietly, glancing down at my hands. “Back at the hotel, yeah, the staff were incompetent, but at least it was just me. No one hovering, no one trying too hard to please, no one watching me like I’m some… royal project.”“A housekeeper’s fine. Someone to keep the place in order. But maids? Servants?” I shook my head, a bitter laugh escaping me. “I don’t want to feel like I’m living in a museum.”Inside, my thoughts tumbled over themselves. I’ve been hiding for months, carving out a life that was mine, however imperfect it was. And as much as I missed home, I didn’t miss being waited on like a helpless child. I didn’t miss the suffocating sense of being observed, managed, packaged as “the Princ

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Chapter Seventy Two

Edwina Not that I was hoping he’d come looking for me, but I didn’t see Max for a while—not even in church. The empty pew where he usually sat was like a hollow reminder that maybe I’d gone too far with him the last Sunday I saw him. My mind kept replaying it over and over: the way he pulled me out of the street, saving me from becoming nothing more than a road pancake, and how I, in all my brilliance, shoved his help right back in his face by ramming my fist into his gut.What kind of thank-you was that? He probably hadn’t liked it. Maybe he’d decided I wasn’t worth all the trouble. The thought stung like lemon juice on a paper cut. But wasn’t it the truth?After all, he was the Crown Prince of Mercia—a billionaire’s son with the world at his feet and an endless lineup of women who would never dare punch him for saving their lives. Me? I was just… me. Ordinary. Stubborn. Too quick to lash out when cornered.I finally forgave Steven for what he did, but our friendship had shifted in

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All Chapters of Bared To You : Chapter 71 - Chapter 74

Chapter Sixty Nine

Chapter Seventy

Chapter Seventy One

Chapter Seventy Two