TANGLED VOW
Their father, Richard, simply sighed and poured another whiskey, muttering about “youthful rivalry.”
“I wasn’t trying to destroy you,” Elena said now, lifting her chin despite the way her legs trembled. “I panicked. You know what it’s like in there. One wrong move and they tear you apart. Jake already cost me the internship at Meridian because I wouldn’t sleep with him. They call me the frigid little orphan who got lucky with the Hale name. I just… I wanted them to shut up.”
Cassian’s eyes darkened. For a second, something almost like understanding flickered across his face—then it vanished behind fury. “So you chose the one lie that would ruin both of us. Brilliant.”
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