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“No, he didn’t get inside er that you can blackmail or manipulate” Raevynn blatantly called her mother out on the past and what she’d done, but didn’t wait for the denials and excuses she knew her ave me was the time and space and opportunity to think clearly for the first titime now I just never had the freedoht and reassess my life, my career, and my future Until now”

Anger mottled her mother’s complexion, and it was clear she knew her control on Raevynn was unraveling with very little left for her to hold on to “So, you’re going to give all this up for him?” she asked bitterly as she waved a hand around the penthouse, indicating the luxury surrounding them

“No, I’s that don’t h she didn’t expect her mother to understand when the other woman was too immersed in the co it for me”

Joyce’s chin lifted furiously “You’re going to regret this”

“No, I don’t think I aood, and that wasn’t an option “One er”

Her ed out of their sockets “What?” Her voice rose to a high-pitched shrill “You can’t do that!”

“I can And I just did,” she said, her tone gentle but without any rooht now, but I made that decision because I love you asparent Not er who is in control of every aspect of my life and career You’ve been that since I was a toddler in beauty pageants Twenty-four years of focusing solely onmy choices, my level of happiness, and who I should and shouldn’t be with I think it’s tiure out what makes us the happiest”

Her er as Joyce glared at Raevynn Without a doubt, Raevynn knew that she and her mother would have a lot more to discuss, and it would take months if not years for theht now, she’d addressed all the i else they’d have to work out, one issue at a time Raevynn had finally stood up for herself, and now she felt free and liberated and in charge of her own destiny

Now that she’d said her piece, she had oneand turned toward Glen, ore a holy shit kind of look on his handso that had just happened

“Would youme somewhere, Glen?” she asked him

He grinned at her, that shock in his gaze war akin to pride “Of course not” He started toward the elevator with Raevynn following behind

“Where are y

ou going?” her mother demanded

Raevynn didn’t owe her mother an explanation or an account of her whereabouts any longer But she still turned around and smiled at Joyce, because she wanted her ed

“I’ to be with the man who makes me the happiest”