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Loren’s POV What? What the heck was happening?“We can’t just let anyone into the court!” Lovie snapped from her seat. “Give your verdict already!”“Your Honor. Everyone has the right to a fair hearing, you can let me speak now or we’ll win the appeal anyway.”How could he be so confident? What did Asher West know that we didn’t? And why was he here to save me? I couldn’t understand it. It made no sense. And yet, here he was.“Tell him to leave now!” Lovie cried. “He can’t be here!”“Prosecutor, speak to your client. This is poor conduct,” the judge said, turning to Asher. “Proceed,” If Lovie’s reaction was anything to go by — then Asher West might actually be my last shot.He grinned, walking toward the witness stand. We faced each other and he drew me a heart that made my stomach twist. “Mr. West,” Nigel began after he was sworn in. “You can proceed,”He handed Nigel some documents and a flash drive before speaking. “Your Honor, Miss Hatt approached two days ago with a pl

Killian’s POV “Loren? Loren, please don’t close your eyes,” I begged, my heart pounding in my chest as she was wheeled down the hospital hallway straight into the ICU. I stumbled back, my eyes tracing my blood-soaked hands. Pilar pulled me into a hug; her cries filled my ears but my gaze lingered on the door Loren had just vanished through. My knees buckled beneath me for the first time, tears blinding my vision as I replayed the moment she stepped between me and the knife. I would have given anything to be in her place — Loren had already suffered enough. And because of me, she had to suffer even more. “Everything will be fine, right, Killian?” Pilar asked, her bright green eyes staring into mine. And for the first time since Dad died, I didn’t have words to comfort her. For the first time, I realised — albeit shamefully, that I needed someone to comfort meTo tell me Loren would be fine. Pilar paused for a moment, “I heard what Asher said outside the court.”I froze, raisi

My grip on the door handle tightened, a lump growing in my throat.Asher pressed a file against my chest. “If you trust your husband so much, then look at them.”He sat down, “But if you walk away now, It’ll be because you’re terrified of the truth.”I scoffed and opened the file. “What’s this supposed to be?” I spat. “Some documents about a company transfer and dividends? What does this have to do with me and why do you think I’d care about this? I—“ I froze, my eyes tracing photos of me, even more. “Killian Whitmore has been slowly buying out shares in the West Group,” He said. “He’s been trying to sink me from the very beginning. Can you guess when it started?”I frowned. “The day you divorced me and married him,”I shook my head. “He also investigated you; those photos are evidence. He did his background check,”“What the heck are you even on about?”“Come on, I took you for a smart woman, but I’ll spell it out anyway.” He said, “Killian Whitmore hates my guts,” he circled me.

Killian’s POV “Boss!”We turned to see Nigel rushing forward. “I’m busy, Nigel,” I said, turning to Loren. “Boss, this is serious. The board has voted you out of Whitmore Group!”My hand curled into a fist at his words but my gaze lingered on Loren’s hardened ones. It was the same resolve I’d seen when she arrived at my penthouse after divorcing Asher. I never imagined that she would ever look at me the same way. “You can’t end our relationship like this,”“Can we even call it one?” She looked tired but above all, disappointed in a way that made my knees weak. Like I sold her the entire world but handed her nothing in the end. “Boss, we really need to leave now. If we don’t handle this, we could lose control of Whitmore Group.”“Nigel, prepare for our departure,” Loren spoke up, brushing past me as he walked off. “I want to return to Miami as soon as possible,”I caught her wrist. Loren glanced at my hand, and I slowly released it. “I won’t do it, Loren.” She froze in her s

Loren’s POV Asher pulled me into his arms, “Did you see that, Whitmore? She chose right,” he taunted. “She chose me.”My heart was squeezing, twisting in my chest and I avoided Killian’s gaze. I wanted nothing more than to clear the misunderstanding but right now, saving his father’s legacy was more important than any feelings.And above all, Asher had actually bought the story. If I made a wrong move, everything could go south. “Baby,” Asher grinned, “Whitmore is a little bit confused,” he added, “How about you repeat what you just said to me?”“You know, so there are no misunderstandings.”I glanced at him, our eyes meeting. Was he really doing it to turn the knife in? Just how despicable was he?“Go on,” He pressed. I nodded, avoiding Killian’s eyes as I spoke. “I changed my mind,” I announced. “I don’t just want a divorce,” I stepped back toward Asher as he pulled me into his arms. “I want to be with Asher from now on; your betrayal was too deep.”Each word felt like it was