Adrian’s POVThe gun felt heavy in my hand. For the first time in my life I did not feel like Richard’s son or Clara’s brother. I did not feel like the desperate heir, I felt like a man who had been pushed too far.Ethan screamed on the ground, holding his bleeding hand. Blood dropped between his fingers, staining the floor. He looked up at me with a sneer. “Go on, Adrian. Shoot me. Be the monster your father raised.”My chest started beating so fast. This was Clara’s boyfriend. The man she trusted, the man she loved. And all along, he had been working with Richard. Destroying us from the inside.“You lied to her,” I said, my voice low. “You lied to all of us.”Ethan’s sneer only deepened. “And she believed it. “That’s the problem with your family, Adrian. You’re all so desperate for love you can’t see betrayal when it’s staring you in the face.”His words hurt so deep because they were true. I had trusted Damien even after his lies. I had trusted Clara’s judgment in Ethan. And both h
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