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 marry. It's been decided

he didn't want that, all he had to do was step down as the Hart

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

and ice-cold. "What

""I said-"

you speak," he warned, his tone dead

decided to go back and that means marrying

I got. I dropped my fork onto the plate with a clatter and shoved

didn't try to smooth things over. Instead, he asked, "Are

snapped, blinking back tears. "And when you two get

tear betrayed me, sliding down my cheek. Then

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Chapter 849

Go find your Yara. I don't want

test? If 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 in the dark. Now he wanted to play these

my shoulder, trying to turn me toward him. I refused to

Kiki.

I mumbled, shrugging him off. "I don't

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