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I pushed open the door, strode across the foyer, and up the grand staircase I hadn’t spoken to her in the car to try to cool off, but all it had done was rier At Alice, at Wayne, and at h to outsmart him And I was pissed with how quickly Emery had accepted his offer

By the time we reached my bedroom and had the door shut, it boiled over

My voice was harsh “Do you understand what happens now? I have to tell my brother that Lambert has a video of hi myself to say the rest “Fuck, E to do to them”

“I know, but it won’t get out We’ll stop hiure out a way”

“Really? Because it seems to rowing inside ht “Jesus, was it even hard for you? You barely hesitated”

She flinched “I get that you’re upset, but do you have any idea what that was like for ht now If he had us arrested, we could both go to—”

“And whose fault is that? I knoasn’t the one to tell him we’d been in his safe”

The hurt in her eyes was like I’d buried a knife in her belly “I made a mistake,” she said, “but don’t act like this is all on me I’m not the one with the video of that fucked-up family tradition—which you wouldn’t even know about if it wasn’t foryour stepmom”

Fire heated my face

She sucked in a breath and ran her hands down the sides of her dress, sht not believe me, but I took that deal to save us”

“Okay” My tone was condescending “So, theto do with it?”

She sighed loudly and her gaze went to the ceiling, too irritated to look at me

“Yeah, I thought so” I was bitter, looking for a place to direct it “So, spareto save us Just be honest that when you couldn’t get your revenge, you realized his money would do just fine I mean, it was over so quick, I can’t help but question your motivations”