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Chapter 71

Grey's POVI stared at the results, everything in my chest going cold at onceStephano and Leah weren't siblings. Frederick wasn't her real father. None of it. Suddenly everything clicked into a shape I hadn't seen coming… why her own supposed brother turned out to be the person who put a knife in her, why he'd want her dead too. They weren't related. Not by blood, not by anything real.I grabbed my phone, called her.Rang once, twice, then she picked up."Grey, don't come, it's a…!"My heart jumped straight into my throat hearing my name ripped out of her like that, fear laced through every syllable of it.The call cut dead.I called back immediately. Unreachable.Called again. Straight to voicemail.Panic took over fast so I pulled up her last shared location. It was the warehouse. Same place we were supposed to meet tonight. None of it was adding up, and I didn't have time to make it add up. I grabbed my keys and ran.The whole drive out there, I kept dialing, over and o

Chapter 72

Claire's POV"I'll do better next time," he said as I watch his eyes shut"Keep your eyes open," I begged, hands shaking as I pressed them against him, against whatever part of him I could reach. "The ambulance is almost here, Grey, just…just keep your eyes open, okay?"His eyes shut anyway and he stopped moving.I don't even know what sound came out of me right then. Some broken, desperate thing, not even really words anymore. I didn't know what to do with my hands, with my body, with any of it… just knelt there in his blood, completely useless, watching him go still.Then I heard a van outside, tires screeching against gravel, it was the ambulance.Paramedics burst through the doors, moving fast, professional, hauling him onto a stretcher while I scrambled up to run beside it, refusing to let go of his hand"Hurry up! He's losing blood!" I yelled even though they were already doing the best they couldThey worked on him the whole ride, and I sat there watching, useless again

Chapter 73

Claire's POV I turned around slowly.Blood drained straight out of my face.Felix. Standing there in a suit, dressed sharp, hair slicked back neat in a way I'd never once seen on him before. But it was his eyes that threw me…something dead sitting behind them, hollow in a way I didn't recognize at all. It was him. I knew that much. Just different. So different it took me a second to actually place why looking at him felt so unsettling.Told myself it made sense. Eighteen months is a long time. People change."That was a great performance out there," he said.Whatever amusement had flickered in my chest at seeing a familiar face got swallowed whole by anger, fast."What are you doing here," I said."I missed you," he said, easy, shrugging like that explained everything. "Came looking for you. Not sure why you're being like this.""Are you serious right now?" I said, voice climbing. "I called you eighteen months ago, Felix. Your brother was in the ICU, dying, and you never pick

Chapter 74

Grey's POV My eyes cracked open an I stared at a white ceiling for a while, nothing about it registering as familiar. It took me longer than I'd like to admit to piece together I was in a hospital and I had no idea how I got here. No idea how long I'd been out. Judging by how sore my back felt, how tired every inch of me was, figured it'd been at least a few days. I tried sitting up but my head split with pain the second I moved, sharp enough to make me stop halfway. I reached up, felt bandages wrapped around my skull.Thoughts wouldn't line up right. Kept reaching for something coherent and coming up with fragments instead, scattered, nothing connecting to anything else.I managed to get myself upright when a nurse walked in. Bright smile on her face the second she saw me sitting there."Good morning," she said. "Glad to see you finally awake.""How long have I been here," I said, voice rough. "What happened.""You were in an accident," she said. "Gunshot to the head. You've be

Chapter 75

Grey's POVThe drive back was silent, which suited me fine. Alex kept his eyes on the road like a, and the secretary… whatever her name was, sat there staring out the window with this kicked-puppy look on her face. Still sulking because I didn't recognize her back at the hospital. Not my problem. I don't owe anyone a memory I don't have. Honestly, the fact that I let her keep her job after that little display should've been enough. Some people just want too much.We pulled up to the house and walking in felt strange, like visiting somewhere I used to know in another life. Everything was clean, no dust, nothing neglected, someone had clearly been keeping the place in order. But there was furniture I didn't recognize, decor I had zero memory of picking out. Still, credit where it's due, my taste hadn't gotten any worse in five years. Small mercies.I went up to the bedroom. Looked fine. A few things I'd probably change eventually, but nothing offensive. I started going through the she

Chapter 76

Claire's POV I woke up to my alarm blaring like it personally hated me. Groaned, smacked it off, and just laid there for a second, staring at the ceiling, doing that thing where you think about your whole life before you've even had coffee.Should I go back to the bookstore? God, the thought alone made me tired. I liked being around Grey more than I probably should admit… even with how insufferable he could be — and honestly, staying on as his secretary meant actual money. Real money. Enough that if I stuck it out a while longer, I could finally save up and get the hell out. Different country, different name basically, a fresh start somewhere nobody knew me as "the woman who married Grey DeLuca for a headline." He'd move on eventually. Find someone who wasn't as much of a disaster as I clearly was. That thought stung a little more than I wanted it to.Right as I was spiraling into that, my phone rang.Grey.I panicked immediately, no logic to it whatsoever… just full-body oh my G

Chapter 77

Grey's POVAfter I wrapped things up with Antony, I figured I'd just head home. But halfway there, something in me just shifted. I realized I'd spent basically every waking hour since waking up in that hospital bed bouncing between home and the office, like some kind of robot running on two settings. That wasn't going to cut it. I wanted somewhere else. Anywhere else actuallyEnded up outside some random strip club. I didn't even think much about it, just walked in.The place was packed. Too loud, too crowded, everyone doing that thing where they perform having a good time instead of actually having one. Almost turned right back around and left.Then something on stage caught my eye.A woman on the pole, moving under the red lights. I watched her for a second, then kept watching, because — okay, she was good. Not in the generic, trying-too-hard way most of them are in places like this. There was control in the way she moved. Like she wasn't performing for the room, wasn't huntin

Chapter 78

Grey's POV Leah showed up early the next morning, about twenty minutes early, which was new but she looked like absolute hell, like sleep hadn't been part of her night at all. First thing she did was make two coffees, one for her, one for me. Set mine down on the desk, muttered a flat "morning, sir," and turned to leave before I could even open my mouth."Leah."She stopped, turned back around. "Yes? Do you need something else?""Follow up with this clients. Get back to them by end of day." I slid the folder toward her, rattling off the details.She reached for it, and that's when I made the mistake of actually looking at her properly. Her eyes.And out of nowhere, that masked woman from the club flashed straight into my head. Same eyes. Same hair, even. And with it came that exact same feeling… that stupid, unwanted tightness in my chest, like my body had decided to malfunction the second she got within three feet of me.I hated that. Hated that there wasn't a damn thing I co

Chapter 79

Grey's POV I sat across from the therapist, watching him scribble something down on his notepad before he'd even said a word to me. Room was dead silent except for that stupid clock ticking away on the wall, loud enough to make me want to rip it off and chuck it out the window.Guy looked to be mid fifties, gray hair, glasses that somehow made him look even older than he probably was. Finally he looked up."So, Mr. DeLuca. How long have you had these symptoms?""Since I woke up," I said. "Since I regained consciousness. Hasn't let up since.""And what do you think might've triggered it?"I sat with that for a second, didn't really want to say it out loud, but figured what was the point of paying this guy if I wasn't going to be honest."Her."He looked up from his notes, waiting for me to clarify who the hell "her" was."My secretary." I added"Ah." He made this small sound, half acknowledgment, half something else I couldn't read. "Was there anyone else in the room when yo

Chapter 80

Claire's POV Grey had let me off early. Way too early. He'd been rushing out the door like the building was on fire, wouldn't even look at me properly, wouldn't tell me how the session went, nothing. I don't know how the therapy session went and honestly at this point I've stopped asking. When he told me to leave, I left. I heard him say something as I was walking out but I wasn't sticking around to find out what,I wanted to get to the club before he could change his mind and decide he needed me for something stupid like going to a random bar and sitting down looking all stupid as I watch him have a meeting which has nothing to do with me..By the time I got there I went straight to the changing room, same as always. Grabbed a bikini set out of my locker, threw it on, slapped on some makeup fast because I was already running behind. Got on stage, did my thing. The crowd was loud tonight, cheering like they always do, and for a while I just let my body move and my brain go quiet. Tha

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