Stacy POV “You love me?”The words escaped my lips before I could stop them, tasting like ash on my tongue.I stared at Ethan through the thick, burning mist of tears blurring my vision. His wrists were locked in cold, unforgiving steel cuffs, his face streaked with sweat and tears, but there was something in his eyes—a raw, frantic desperation—that almost made me believe him.Almost.“Yes,” he whispered, his voice cracking on the single syllable, carrying a weight that threatened to pull us both under. “I do, Stacy. God help me, I do.”I gave a bitter, broken laugh that cut through the stifling quiet of the hallway. It was a sound devoid of joy, sharp enough to bleed on.“Can you hear yourself?” I asked, my voice rising slightly, shaking with a cocktail of fury and profound exhaustion. “Can you actually stand there, bound in handcuffs for kidnapping and fraud, and say those words to my face?”Ethan lowered his head, his chin sinking against his chest. For once in his life, the chari
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