Chapter 1416:

A heavy slam shook the room as the door swung shut.

Dustin could only stare at the closed door, confusion etched across his face while a dozen questions raced through his mind.

Why would Collin throw away his careful act, ditching the wheelchair he always used as a disguise?

Then the truth hit him, and his eyes widened in sudden shock.

Was Collin really running out of that private room just because a woman cried out for help?

The idea flickered in Dustin’s mind, but he shot it down almost immediately. Years of friendship had taught him that Collin never got involved in situations that didn’t concern him, nor did he ever act out of pure goodwill.

must have

no mistaking it

Collin, yet he had always

names ever really meant anything to Collin. Kylee had once held that place, a connection from his childhood. But with her lying in a hospital bed

was Linsey—the woman who had slept with

the cry in his head, the clearer it became. His face shifted as the realization

insisting again and again that she was there as a partner in business, not


words had barely left her mouth before the table of men erupted into laughter, loud and mocking, as though she had just delivered a comedy act. Things only got

your escape

voice dropped as he leaned in closer, saying, “Drop the

dragging the situation lower, until Linsey finally realized—she had walked straight

became painfully clear that signing any contract would mean more than impressive paperwork. The real cost was serving Winslow and the

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