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Even though I'd moved on from Jace, the sting of what he did was still there, like an old bruise that hadn't quite faded.

"Rea, you poor thing," Lindey said, her eyes blazing with that fierce protectiveness she was known for. You went through all that and didn't say a word? That place was supposed to be yours. You should've kicked her out! I wouldn't let a stray cat stay there, let alone her!"

No wonder Matthew always tiptoed around her. Besides loving her, he was probably scared out of his mind to get on her bad side.

But Jace and I were history, so what was the point of dragging this up again?

I tried to calm her down. "It's over, Lindey. Let it go."

"Maybe you're over it, but I'm not. I'm getting that place back today, she declared.

I couldn't help but smile a little. "Even if you boot her out of that penthouse, Jace can just buy her another

one."

Tanya might've been the one in the middle, but it was Jace who put her there in the first place.

He was the real problem, not her.

problem. But that penthouse was meant for you. No other woman deserves to live there," Lindey

warmed my heart a

felt like she was defending

trying to talk her down. "You don't need to go through all this trouble and get

thing I needed was to get pulled back into that mess

going to make them so mad they'll want to scream. Don't worry

out of it, so I just sighed and let

I see him, I'll

ceiling, replaying the memory of Gavin showing me the penthouse. How did Lindey even find out about that day?

lost in thought, before finally

figured he might be

he went back to his room? I was about to turn

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at me, his gaze different from usual, and my heart

gotten carried away earlier, I awkwardly pouted,

Hayden didn't take the bait. Instead,

to pick up where we'd left off, so I raised my hand, ready to stop him. But instead, he asked, "What's

the ointment Lena had given me. I'd left it in the bathroom, planning to use it after my

expected Hayden

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