Chapter 56Amanda POV The project didn’t die quietly. It collapsed and the sound of it—emails flooding in, meetings dissolving, assistants avoiding eye contact—rang in my ears like an accusation I refused to accept.“This is insane,” I snapped, pacing the length of the living room for the third time. “You don’t just pull funding like that. Not without warning.”Luciano sat on the edge of the couch, elbows on his knees, hands clasped tightly together. He hadn’t taken his jacket off since he came in, as though he might leave at any moment or vanish if he stayed too long.“She did,” he said quietly. “The contract allowed it.”That word again. Allowed.I laughed, sharp and humorless. “Of course you’d say that. You’re already defending her.”His head snapped up. “This isn’t about defending anyone.”“It always is with you,” I shot back. “You’ve been halfway on her side since the rumors started.”Luciano’s jaw tightened. “I’m trying to understand what we did wrong.”We. There it was. That w
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