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° Amy's POV°For several seconds, I simply stood there, staring at Jeremy.My husband.The man I had trusted with everything.... again.The man who had looked me in the eyes countless times and told me there was nothing to worry about.And all this time, he had known.He had known about me.He had known about Eli.He had known what would happen if anyone discovered the truth about us and he had said nothing.My eyes burned with tears.I shook my head slowly."No." I said, finding it hard to believe whatever my ears had just heard.Jeremy took a step toward me."Amy—""Don't." I said, raising my right hand as he stopped, that single word seemed to hit him harder than anything else could have.I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to hold myself together."How long?" I asked.He didn't answer immediately and that hesitation was enough….My heart sank."How long have you known?""Amy, I was trying to protect you.""How long?"He lowered his gaze."Since the night I saved Eli."I stared

°Amy’s POV°The noise woke me up before the sun had properly risen.At first, I thought one of the maids had come into the room by mistake. I kept my eyes closed, listening to the soft sounds around me—the opening and closing of drawers, the rustle of clothes, the occasional dull thump against the marble tiled floor. It took me a few seconds to realize that the sounds were coming from our bedroom.I turned under the covers and opened my eyes.Jeremy stood beside the wardrobe as I faced his back, he was still dressed in yesterday's clothes. One of my dresses hung over his arm while he leaned into the wardrobe, searching through the clothes as though he had done it a hundred times before as an opened suitcase sat on the bed, already half-filled.I watched him for a moment, trying to understand what I was seeing."What are you doing?" I asked.He turned at the sound of my voice, and for a second there was something almost guilty in his expression. It disappeared quickly, replaced by the

°Amy's POV° "Ten minutes to give me what I want" She continued. "And what is that?" Jeremy asked. "I want you to marry me," she said. For a moment, I honestly thought I'd heard her wrong. The morning breeze moved gently through the trees around the driveway, but none of us seemed to notice it. Jeremy stared at Claire, his brows drawn together as though he was waiting for her to laugh and admit that she'd been joking. She didn't. Instead, Claire smiled. "This is insane," Jeremy scoffed. "No, Jeremy. Insane would be thinking I came here without knowing exactly what I wanted." She chuckled and shook her head. "Oh my…" Her eyes moved briefly to me before returning to him. "You marry me, and I keep quiet. You walk away from this deal, and I tell the council everything I know." She glanced at Marcus, then back at me. "Everything." Jeremy's jaw tightened. His gaze shifted toward the car. Eli was sitting inside, completely unaware of what was happening. He had hi