"If he wants war," Zane said, eyes sharp, voice colder than steel, "we give him fire."Alessia clutched the crumpled headline, the words VELEZ FILES FOR FULL CUSTODY still burning into her memory. She didn’t speak for a while, didn’t breathe. She just stared at the tablet until her hands trembled.Zane took it from her gently and set it aside. "He’s trying to punish you publicly, he wants to drag you through the mud.""He wants to take my child," she whispered.Zane met her eyes. "No, he wants to take you and have you, he can't accept that you are gone and you belong to me, the baby’s just the weapon."Alessia looked away, that truth cut too deep.Zane paced the room. "You want to beat him? Don’t play defense, take offense. Do you want justice? Embarrass him."She lifted her chin slowly. "How?"He turned, calculating. "An interview, live. On primetime. You deny the baby’s his, publicly and on your terms."She blinked. "Zane... that would ruin him.” He smiled, slow and dangerous. "Ex
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