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21.

LYSSANDRAThe flutters in my stomach must not have been from butterflies because I felt as though I would throw up.Erden’s blue eyes were suddenly a dark, empty blue colour that I wanted to throw up.He backed away from me. “Why would you ask me that? Your father and I weren't that close.”“But your father and him were, Erden. Will you stop lying to me after all these years?”He didn't answer me. Instead, he led the way to the same conference room we had used the last time.He was ignoring me and it pissed me off.But he was also storming ahead of me.I didn't catch up to him until he opened the door and held it, waiting for me to step in.It didn't escape my notice how despite being angry, he still did this. This man was a walking contradiction.“Don't ever mention your father to me again, or I will disappear and you will never see me again.” Erden hissed at me.I gulped, becoming just as angry at his words. “He was my father! How can you ask a thing like that from me?!”“Your choice

22.

LYSSANDRAI kept thinking this man could not get any worse, and he somehow found a way to convince me that he could in fact, do that.“Sit down, Cade.” Nathan commanded him. “You should be ashamed.”“Well, I am not. She needs to hear the truth.” Cade muttered.When no one supported him, he lost steam. Even Arch was not foolish enough to openly support him in front of Erden.Erden shoved back his chair, stood, and lifted Cade clear off the ground with one hand.He dragged him to the door and threw him out with a clear warning. “If I see you again, I'll kill you.”He shut the door in his face, returned to the table, and sat, watching me furtively.He didn't ask if I was fine, and I didn't need him to. I was used to Cade bringing up my family every time I made a decision he didn't agree with.It was his way of manipulating my feelings, of telling me that I was behaving crazily.I stood shakily. “It is agreed then. Mr. Kryne is the new CEO.”No one argued or tried to speak. I stood and wal

23.

ERDENShe looked worried, probably as worried as I looked when she suddenly threw the car forward like it was a race car.She looked down, twisting her hand in her lap. Her lips were turned down stubbornly. “I don't want to talk about it.”“It can't be that deep.”Her head snapped up, and she frowned at me. “I said I don't want to talk about it. You're shot, we should stop by the hospital.”Unfortunately, we couldn't do that, and I could tell by the frigid tone and the stubborn twist of her lips that I wouldn't get an answer out of her about the driving.I could tell there was something on her mind though.Instead of an answer, she pressed a shaking hand against my arm, and retched when it came away stained with blood.What did she expect? Jelly?“I thought I could hold it closed…” she gagged. “But I can't do that, I still hate the feel of blood.”The words stabbed into my chest like a sharp knife.Still hated the feel of blood…It's my family's fault that she does. And I'm the reason

24.

LYSSANDRAI woke up to the blinding light from my window. I shifted, sat up and stretched.Nope. This wasn't my bedroom.This bedroom was entirely black. The room swallowed light like a black hole.What the hell? I staggered out of bed, knocking my knee into the bed frame before I corrected myself, and remembered my last memory.Gunshot. Erden. Doctor Hal. Shit! This was Erden’s bedroom.I tried the door’s lock, and when it didn't open at once, I banged my foot against it. It was a metal door, and each bang hurt.The door opened and a man who must have been standing right outside stepped in, took one look at me and flushed bright red.“Em…miss…” he trailed off, raised his eyes to the ceiling and only then did I realize I was in my underwear.My ears burned as I scrambled back into the room and found a robe on the bed. Who undressed me?The obvious choice would have been Erden, but I couldn't believe he would do that.I returned to the door. “What is happening? Why am I here? And why on

25.

LYSSANDRA“That sounded vaguely sexiest.”And sexual, but I didn't add that.“Did it?” He rolled his tongue over his lower lip, maintaining eye contact the entire time.“Where's the bandage, Erden? Stop trying to distract me.”I was distracted. Very distracted, but he didn't need to know that.He didn't need to know that under the table, my thighs were clenched hard.“I took it off. It was rubbing me the wrong way.”How's that for most ridiculous sentence of the year?“Was it?”Heat crawled up my throat. Not because of the words themselves, but because of the way he said them.I warned myself not to react. This was Erden, and he chipped at my self control slowly until I lost my mind and blew a fuse.“I want to go home,” I said. “Now.”He leaned back, the corners of his mouth tilting as though I’d just offered entertainment. “You’d prefer that?”“Yes, I’d prefer that.”“I’d prefer you stay here.”I laughed. Stay here with him? In what world did that happen?“What do we look like to you,

26.

LYSSANDRAThe suit was charcoal gray, cut so perfectly that it looked like the fabric obeyed him out of fear.A black shirt showed under, open at the throat, with no tie. He looked taller somehow, broader, and his outfit was both casual and corporate that my brain was confused for a second.And the bastard looked just as surprised.His eyes swept me once, slowly, before snapping back to my face like he’d caught himself staring.For a moment, for one dangerous heartbeat, we just looked at each other, and there was no fight left in me. Only the fact that I was aware of the electric chemistry between us.I cleared my throat and snapped myself back to earth.“So…will you finally tell me where we’re going, now that I’m paraded around like a doll in a sheath dress?”His mouth tilted in that infuriating almost-smile.He took my hand like it belonged there, and guided me to the car, opening the door with a courtly ease that made my nerves fray.Once we were on the road, I tried again. “Where a

27.

ERDENI’d have been lying to Lys if I said I was surprised by Cade’s actions.I had anticipated that he would show up tonight.Lys was shaking in place, looking like she wanted to storm up to the stage and give him a piece of her mind.She shoved her chair back, trying to get to her feet. I placed my hand on her chair, and pulled it closer to my side. “Where are you going?”She stared down at me as though I’d grown two heads. “You know he's showing my invention to the world, right?”“Yes, I do know. And confronting him right now isn’t going to help.”Farouk was standing backstage, waiting for the moment I sent him my signal.She glared at Cade who looked right back boldly, then dropped into her chair. “He used to be so good. When did he change?”“Apparently, two years ago when he stole your design.”She tried to play off her anger, but she was too pissed. I could feel the tension buzzing in the air, and rushing across the back of my neck, like a snake waiting to strike.When the audien

28.

ERDENYou could tell Cade didn’t have an answer because his mouth was still hanging open.The emcee looked shocked, unsure if he should take the mic from her or not.She glowered at him, and he stepped away.That was my girl. I thought.“Since you don’t have an answer for that, let’s start simple then. Can you explain how this miracle band works?” Lys asked.She cocked her hips, looking at Cade with all the sass in the world.Farouk chuckled. “This is going to be fun.”Those full lips of hers quirked as Cade looked back at Arch, waiting for him to take the question.“I… I’m not the lead on the tech side,” Cade stammered. “Arch, and I… I mean our team handled that together.”For a second, I almost pitied him as all the guests sat up, glaring at him.I watched as he scrambled around in that empty head of his and I almost pitied him, almost.“Oh? Arch?” Lys turned to Arch who looked like he wished to skin Cade alive. “Then Arch, would you mind explaining to us how the band’s algorithm wor

29.

LYSSANDRAThe words were already out there and I couldn’t take them back.“Love Cade? That would be pretty miserable.” Erden answered coldly.It was miserable. He was right.After he had tried hitting me, I had really thought all those feelings were gone.But looking at him on the stage, looking so damned tongue-tied, it reminded me of when he first came to us.When Father took him off the street and adopted him, he had barely been able to talk.His father had tried cutting his tongue out, saying something about Cade being the spawn of the devil.I ran a hand through my hair, and my stomach felt tight.It was funny how life worked.“You’re right, it’s miserable. I should go.”Turning away, I tried to slide into the car, but his hands closed around my arm. “You love Cade?”I shook my head, avoiding his smouldering eyes. “No. He hit me. Whatever I thought I felt back there, it just wouldn’t work.”“Good, because you don’t want to be caught between us, Lys. You’re mine. Whatever you think

30.

LYSSANDRA“What secrets?” I asked, still staring at the empty hallway where Nathan had disappeared.“It’s not my place to tell you, Lys. But if I were you, I would be careful with my dealings with Erden.” He turned to his wife. “Let’s go, Andrea.”Andrea kissed my cheeks again, then followed her husband, muttering something under her breath.I watched Nathan go, then walked over to my office, changed into a lab coat, and returned to the lab.I shouldn’t have trusted Nathan completely, but I believed him. I knew Erden was hiding things from me, but soon, I would find out what those things were.I walked into the lab and found Cade at my desk, passing items from a metal box onto the lab table. He laid three of them out, then stepped away.“There’s all of it. I’ve returned all your inventions. There’s no need to involve Erden in this.” Cade said.I raised a brow, watching his eyes twitch. I stepped closer. “When did you change so much, Cade?”“There’s no need to go into that, is there? Yo

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