No Strings Attached: My Brother’s Best Friend
I began, stepping closer, but she raised a hand, halting me in my tracks.
“No, Caden,” she interrupted, her voice trembling but resolute. “This has to stop. We can’t keep doing this…this fighting, this anger. It’s tearing us apart.”
Ronan crossed his arms, his stance rigid. “Then maybe he should’ve thought about that before he—”
“Enough!” Lila’s voice cracked like a whip, silencing him. She took a deep breath, her gaze flicking between us. “Let’s end the deal.”
The words hit me like a gut punch. I stared at her, my mind reeling. End the deal? She couldn’t mean… no, she couldn’t. Panic clawed its way up my throat, and I stepped closer, ignoring Ronan’s warning glare.
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