Chapter 849

"The Hart family wants me to come back," Hayden said. I immediately got it without him needing to explain further.

The Harts had stayed weirdly quiet through all the chaos Hayden had been through. Why?

No clue.

"What are you thinking?" I asked. Then, with a sly smile, added, "Let me guess-you don't want to go, but you feel like you should?"

Hayden noticed I wasn't eating and nudged my plate closer. "Eat first."

"Talk, and I'll eat," I shot back.

He pushed my favorite dishes right in front of me. "No one can make me do something I don't want to."

"Then it's me you're worried about?" I asked, the thought hitting me mid-bite.

Hayden didn't answer, which, of course, was the answer. My mind raced for a moment before I teased, "Wait-don't tell me going back means you'd have to marry Yara?"

sighed. "The Hart heir and the Drago heir are supposed to

had to do was step down as the

light and breezy. "Well, go ahead, then. You and Yara are such a

sharp and ice-cold. "What did

""I said-"

he warned, his

was actually mad. I refused to back down. "Look, if you've decided to go back and that means marrying Yara, why shouldn't

the more upset I got. I dropped my fork onto the plate with a

things over. Instead,

blinking back tears. "And when you two get married, I'll send the fanciest

tear betrayed me, sliding down my cheek. Then the floodgates opened, and

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Chapter 849

"Go. Go find your Yara. I

I didn't care about him, would I have kept this baby? And yet, he always seemed to pick Yara to confide in. Even when he faked his death, she knew, and I was left

hand on my shoulder, trying to turn me

be mad, Kiki. It's my fault, okay? All of

mumbled, shrugging him off. "I don't

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