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If William’s father had an illegitimate child out there, that child would be his competition for the family fortune.

Eliminating Erik would leave William as the sole heir to the Clark family, allowing him to inherit TerraEdge without a hitch.

William had played the long game, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He allowed Michael and James to

unknowingly take down Erik for him. Then, while everyone was distracted, he would make his move.

By the time they found out, he had already secured his position.

The realization hit Chloe like a wave of ice.

She had never imagined that William could be so calculating.

If he had always known about Erik’s existence, he might have also known that Erik was planning to attack her.

Yet instead of telling her, he acted surprised.

He sat by and watched Erik hurt her repeatedly.

All those times he said sorry on Erik’s behalf were fake.

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arm around her shoulders. “It’s okay, Chloe.

deep, steady voice helped calm her, and she managed

“We should leave. He’s killed someone, and

that now William had returned to the country, he wouldn’t care about

secure, living

that William truly loved

had all been an act.

took Chloe a while to

herself that people were complicated and this had nothing to do with her. It wasn’t

ambitious. We should should keep our distance from him. If we

him,” Candy

shaken by the

hadn’t been for Erik’s plan to

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ever realized the

occasional surprises,

person anyway.

seemed his heart had

takeout Michael had received from the delivery driver

glare from Candy. “All you think about is food.”

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