Chapter 61The study felt smaller after the anonymous tip about the private investigator.Lucian stared at my phone screen, the message glowing like a threat in the dim light. His jaw worked, the muscle ticking hard. The tender afterglow from our moment on the sofa was gone, replaced by the cold, sharp edge of war.“Victoria’s digging into Ethan,” he said, voice low and dangerous. “Every text, every hotel, every fight. She wants to paint you as the girl who jumped from one man’s bed to mine for money.”I swallowed hard, but something inside me shifted. Instead of shrinking, I felt a spark of anger flare hot and bright.“Then we fight fire with fire,” I said, surprising myself with how steady my voice sounded. “We release the full timeline of how Voss blackmailed us. We show the world the real story before she twists it.”Lucian looked at me, eyes narrowing with a mix of pride and hunger. His hand slid up my thigh, possessive.
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