Chapter 1193:

“Because I could use a little lapdog.”

Suddenly, his hand shot up and clamped around her jaw.

The pressure was unbearable; she let out a muffled whimper. But the glare in his eyes rooted her in place like ice in her veins.

He forced her chin up, examining her features with unsettling focus.

“This face… looks about eighty percent like Sadie,” he murmured, tracing a path across her cheek with a ghost of a touch, though his expression stayed as frozen as ever.

Hailey’s hands balled into fists, nails digging so deep into her palms they nearly broke the skin.

Mortification surged through her—a raw, searing shame, unlike anything she’d ever known.

remarkable doctor at

didn’t lash out. She couldn’t even afford to let resentment

If she pushed him too

blurred the line between love and mania. Still, no matter how far he went, Sadie refused to be with

Hailey refused to crumble beneath

card left—and she was

reached out and clasped the same hand

it slowly to her face, she pressed it to her cheek, lips curling into a practiced, delicate smile.

“If…”

then I’ll stay. I’ll stay with you.” Her voice wavered, deliberately frail. Tears hovered on

don’t you? He nearly killed you. I can’t stand him either. Tossed me aside like

live

the woman he loved, now putting on this pitiful charade—and something sickened

snap of revulsion, he jerked his hand free

take Sadie’s place?

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