Chapter 858:

Caylee’s jaw dropped, her head shaking as if she were trying to shake off a bad dream. “Linsey, no, I can’t… I won’t—”

Linsey cut her off, her tone sharp and unyielding, like a captain barking orders in a storm. “Trust me, Caylee. Do exactly what I’m telling you.”

She knew, with a cold certainty that chilled her to the bone, that Gorman was bent on backing her into a corner until she caved and said yes to his proposal.

If she couldn’t outsmart Gorman while his guard was down, she might actually end up trapped in that marriage, chained to a man she didn’t love.

But worse—far worse—was the gnawing truth eating at her: Gorman didn’t give a damn about her two kids.

He had even had the gall to say he wished Zander was out of the picture for good.

the thought of what might happen to them down the line made

with that bone-deep fear, the two kids in

spring. “I’m nothing like that bastard! He’s the one picking on Mommy! I’d only ever protect her. I’m not

face scrunched in thought, before she ventured cautiously, “Zander, I don’t know… when I saw that bad man, I couldn’t shake it.

like he had bitten into a

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩: g𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈𝗏𝗲𝗅𝘀꞉𝗰𝗼𝗺

I’m the one who looks like Mommy. She was my spitting image

on Collin like a heat-seeking missile. Zander clenched his hands and said angrily, “That terrible, evil man! I’ll let him know who’s in charge!

about approaching the villain. The bad

voice steady and full of fire. “I’m my mom’s son, and I’m not going anywhere with that man. If

up in awe.

his office to give him a piece of my

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