Chapter 118

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“Amber, you’re playing with fire. You have no idea how dangerous Kayden Black truly is. Stop trying

to dig your own grave by messing with him,” Martin cautioned in response to my threat to send him to

jail.

I couldn’t help but scoff at his caution, a mocking edge seeping into my tone as I folded my arms defiantly across my chest. “Oh, please humor me, Father. Tell me, just how dangerous is this man that

you seem to fear so much? Is he a god? Some kind of demon?” I questioned, and the sarcasm in my tone

was evident.

Martin’s sigh was laden with frustration, his gaze pleading with me to understand. “I know you have

every reason to hate me, but don’t try to threaten me into giving you evidence against Kayden. I

won’t put you in danger like that. I’d never do that to my child,” he implored, his words heavy with

his own guilt and remorse.

Rolling my eyes at his plea, I cut through his words with a biting retort. “As far as I’m concerned,

Kayden is a criminal, and I’m only asking you to hand over evidence of his illegal activities if you don’t want to go to jail in his place. I didn’t ask you to kill him for me, so stop being so

dramatic,” I asserted sharply, not bothering to mask my anger and resentment.

Martin’s expression softened with a mix of resignation and concern, his voice tinged with a desperate plea. “Amber, please come to your senses. You’re married to a good, successful man now. An even

Black. Why, then, would you worry about him and his affairs? You could

in great danger,” he repeated, sounding like a broken

asking a question that had been on my mind for years now. “Do you still think of Mom, Father, or

I asked, accusation lacing

confusion was palpable, his brow furrowing in bewilderment. “Why bring up your mother all of a

harshly responded, “Am I not allowed to ask, Father? It seems

married Mary just two years after Mom’s passing, you’ve forgotten

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don’t know Amber. You’re very wrong,” he

once again. “Not a day goes by that I haven’t thought about Elena. Not one day, Amber,” his words heavy with emotion, a raw display of the grief he carried

pretend like you’ve cared about Mom in years when you were so quick to marry another woman and y even work for the man who took her life?” I hissed,

out my words, Martin’s eyes widened in shock, a flicker of realization passing through his expression. “How did you

I scoffed before shooting back, “Did you know too, Father? Or have

dripped from my words like venom, and the bitterness in my tone was a reflection of the disgust and disdain I felt deep inside.

fire of my anger, my frustration bubbling to the surface

to work with him to make m marry

finally found his voice. “How did you find out, Amber?” His question was barely a whisper, a tremor of fear lacing his words

of my emotions cutting through the tension in the restaurant. “How long have you known, Dad? How long have you known that Kayden, the bastard you’ve been

“I know you’re hurt and confused right now, Amber, but

at his Indirect admission. “You’ve known all this time?

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dirty business, and even forced me into

from my lips in a rush, the pain of betrayal branding deep into

never before.

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