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I could feel it in my chest, like a pressure that refused to ease. Maybe it was the way Bridget had been watching Thane earlier, eyes too sharp and smile too sure. Maybe it was the way she never flinched, never looked uneasy even when the air around her practically buzzed with secrets. I turned slowly as she was still in the room, lounging against the couch like she had no care in the world. “Why are you so desperate to destroy Thane?” I finally asked, my voice quiet but firm. She looked up at me, a slow, mocking smile spreading across her face like oil on water.

"You fucked the hell out of me because you knew who I was from day one." "How?" Helena asked. Bridget didn't take her eyes away from Thane. "He saw the writing on my back and that was the reason he let me into his house to begin with." Thane's fists clenched. Bridget's voice softened, bitter and cold. "But then, you fucked Lena, and saw her writing. You got confused." Her face got serious again, her voice filled with masked pain. "All you ever cared about was your ambition. You worked behind everyone, even better than your mom. But then you slipped when you actually fell for Lena and you had to choose between her and your ambition."

"Why did you send Charlie after me? Why did you let him stalk me, terrorize me, try to kill me?" "It wasn't like that—" "THEN WHAT WAS IT LIKE?" Bridget's composure cracks. "Fine! Yes, I knew about Charlie! Edward brought him here—he was experimenting on both of you! Trying to see who would overcome in the end, who would win! It was like... like a game to him. A test of survival." My stomach turns. "And you just... let it happen?" "I needed the money, the life, the wealth!" Her voice rises defensively. "You saw me Raelynn, how could I give that up? Besides Edward wasn't doing anything bad. He said you were showing potential. That you could become something superior. Something useful to him!"

“I did nothing wrong to deserve this.” “Oh, really?” James asked, a smirk plastered on his handsome face. Margaret’s face turned pale, and her eyes were filled with a mix of fear and desperation. She felt her heart pounding in her chest as she struggled to catch her breath. “You think everything happening to you now is unfair?” Margaret stepped back, trembling, as his voice turned cold and chilling. “Yes, sir,” she stammered. “Even when you’re sleeping with him in the office?” He pointed to the footage on the screen. “Even when you knew he was married, you still seduced him. You insulted his wife, and you dare say everything is unfair?”

She felt like she wasn't going to be able to hold out much longer. But still, she stubbornly called out, "Bridget fell down herself. I didn't push her! There must be some other reason! I'm sure she has other motives!" However, what Jennifer couldn't quite understand was why Bridget would use her unborn child to frame her. What good would it do Bridget to have a miscarriage? Didn't she care for her position as a granddaughter-in-law of the Lance family the most? Hearing how Jennifer still refused to confess, Ethel said, "Then you can continue to reflect on your mistakes in there. We really dare not let you out without Mrs. Yale Senior's orders."

Three feet in and he wobbled like a newborn deer. I bit back a laugh. "Something funny, Cole?" he snapped. "You. Obviously." I circled him slowly. "Hockey skates have two edges. Figure skates have one. You're fighting the ice because you don't know how to find your center." He didn't answer. Just pushed off harder, trying to prove me wrong. His left foot slipped. I moved on instinct and grabbed his arm before he ate it. For half a second we were locked together - my fingers wrapped around his forearm, his hand gripping my shoulder for balance. He was heavier than he looked. Solid. Warm.

For the first time, she realized—Alexei wasn’t bluffing. He meant every word. THE BRATVA'S EMPIRE (NIKOLAI'S SUITE) Savannah shoved the backpack open with shaky hands, tossing clothes inside without caring if they folded right. Her black hoodie clung to her damp skin, the hood pulled low over her face as if the fabric alone could shield her from his voice still echoing in her head. Black trousers, sneakers—she had chosen them for this moment. Clothes she could run in, disappear in.

"I had no reason to hurt her, and I have no interest in you now. Just let me leave." Adrian didn't believe me. "Of course, you had a reason. You pretended to be meek and pitiful just to win my family's favor and marry me, right? "Emily told me you found someone to swap your birth chart with hers so you would get the reading that said you carried a healing energy." Emily lied through her teeth, yet Adrian believed her without verifying it. "That's ridiculous," I said flatly. "I don't believe in any of that nonsense, let alone know how to alter it."

Richard said “Don’t go to the meeting. I’ll go instead,” Bridget said “Oh, but” I began “It’s better that way, Layla,” Richard said “Yes, just brief me ahead, and I’ll do well,” Bridget said “Okay, no problem, I’ll brief you ahead instead,” I said “Okay, let’s continue with our movie,” Richard said I sat down back and tried to concentrate on the movie. I thought about the advice Richard and Bridget gave me and realised it might be right to avoid Ethan.

Instead, her eyes narrowed, calculating the remaining options in the wreckage of their lives. "She will come back," Margaret said, though she sounded like she was trying to convince herself. "She knows what is at stake. She knows about Jamie." "Bridget does what Bridget wants," Sloane said. She stood up, leaving her tea untouched. "She always has." She walked away from the kitchen, leaving her mother alone with the yellow paper. Her feet were bare against the cold floor as she moved down the narrow corridor toward her father’s old study. The room still smelled of dust, old books, and the phantom scent of tobacco from a man who had fled the country when his investment firm collapsed into a fr