His Cold Revenge, A Hidden Love

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through the boisterous noise of the

f my former friends. It wasn' t a request. It was

e who'd been so eager to see me humiliated, didn't even make eye contact as he scurried pas

of us in a heavy, suffocating silence

n place. He looked me up and down, his gaze lingering on the cheap, tight dr

money, Callie?" he asked,

surge of bitter anger overriding my fe

low, deliberate movemen

ne? It's

way you say it. Like it's so

tween us. "I should get back to work. I'm sure

e a thousand times over three years-impassive, unreadable. But now, I saw

me. I didn't expect anything

sked, his voice

around. "How m

night.

irling a glass of amber liquid, looking at me as if he were contempla

the words trembling with r

faster. He blocked my path, his body a

e can offer you twenty thousand to crawl on the floor, but I can't of

What are you talking about?

g. "You were going to get on your knees for him

erate attempt to call Leo's bluff was a genuine negotiation. He thought I was will

rmur, his gaze intense. "For your father's debts. For your mother's peac

for them, as a weapon against me

amed in protest. I would not sell m

is the only thing that matters?" I shook my head, a tear of pure fury escaping my e

ed club, tears blurring the flashing lights and leering faces. I di

They were just kicking me because I was down. But Kane... his offer felt different. It was inti

all, trying to pull mysel

owd had gathered. In the center was my brother, Julian. And knee

th condescension. "Just one sip from my shoe. Fifty t

ced at the stacks of cash Leo had piled on the table. He was going

I had clung to for so long, shattered into a million pieces.

he club, back to the VIP roo

out at the city lights, his back to me.

e?" I asked, the que

is face was a mask,

"I'll be your... whatever you want me to be. But

, a flicker of inter

ying my soul bare. "All of it. And I

the entire game. "A deal," he purred. He walked towards me, his eyes dark with a triumphant

e, Callie," he whispered, his voice a silk

the words sink in,

l be livin