Chapter 345 The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth

Ella

Logan’s blue eyes finally met mine, filled with an emotion that I couldn’t fully read. Remorse, maybe. And pain.

“Ella, it’s not-”

“Save it,” I cut him off, a sudden surge of anger bursting through my veins. “Just save your breath, Logan.”

He reached out, his fingertips almost grazing my arm, the air around us pulsating with a mix of tension and unsaid truths. “Ella, it’s not like that. I never-”

I shoved him away, my voice steeped in a concoction of anger, disbelief, and a hint of hurt. “Lucky for you, I’m a woman of my word, otherwise I’d be tearing up our contract right here, right now. Not just because of what your brother just said, but because of your whole damn family.”

Logan’s features hardened, his piercing gaze locking onto mine. “Well, maybe you should. Leave, tear up the damn contract. I wouldn’t hold it against you.”

For the second time in the span of a week, Logan had offered me a way out, an easy way out, too. All I had to do was say the word.

But did I want to?

“You can’t leave him,” Ema said, her voice filled with longing. “He needs you. You need each other.”

I chewed my lip for a moment before realizing that my wolf was right: we needed each other. I would never admit it, but it was true. Right now, in this hell of a city, in this den of vipers, we needed each other. There was no way out.

“No,” I said, turning to look away for a moment. “I won’t leave. Let’s finish this thing.”

His sigh of relief cut through the charged air, and a faint glimmer of amusement sparked within me. “You seem relieved. And to think, you were once so confident that I’d never want to leave, even when our contract ended.”

at his lips, the faintest hint of his old self piercing through the guarded facade. “Well, you just refused

my head. The weight of Harry’s words still pressed down on my shoulders, filling

after a few moments of silence. “I did lose it, I did beat that guy up. But I never had

I

more than a whisper. “Let me tell

the proposition. We had been working with each other long enough that I had gained some trust in him, but I still needed something, anything, to ease my worries.

my right hand, fingers together

perplexity and intrigue, met

I persisted, feeling the edges of the worn-out

took his other hand and placed it on top of the book. Our eyes

this book of children’s stories, to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?” I questioned, my voice steady yet soft, trying to bridge the abyss of

flickered with uncertainty, his gaze flickering down to the book between us. Then, finally, he swallowed

“I do.”

“Say it,” I urged.

Barrett, will tell the whole truth and

filled with pain and remembrance. I quickly pulled away, placing the book

“Begin.”

a deep

a bittersweet smile playing on his lips. “Hell, I thought we would get married. I even bought a

“And then?” I urged.

arms folded across his chest. “She started to change,” he murmured. “She’d go out with me, let me dote on her and buy her all kinds of stuff. Always asking for money, fancy restaurants, new things. I was stupid and I

should’ve known better,” he continued. “But I was just… so stupid. Even when I started getting suspicious, I let a lot

For a long time, actually. I was just too blind to

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