Chapter 163

My face was a mask of barely contained distress as I confronted Dexter.

“Stop talking!” I cried

Deep down feared there was a real connection between Foebe and the murderer, and these kids were just pawns in her game.

But now, as Foebe’s doppelganger, I was in hot water too if she was in cahoots with a

murderer.

“Now, ready to get in the car like a good girl?” Dexter’s voice was a low threat.

I clenched my teeth and got into the car, wondering what Dexter’s angle was with his intimidation game.

“What do you want?” I asked, meeting Dexter’s gaze.

“The only person who can help you is me, Caleb, that lunatic, he can’t do it,” Dexter said. He was his usual detached self who overlooked me from his lofty position.

“I want you to divorce Caleb,” he said, his voice a dark rumble.

I gripped my hands tighter, “Mr. Fitzgerald, why are you so hell–bent on me getting a divorce? What do you want? The child I’m carrying is a Langley heir.”

card, hoping to

seemed to drive him crazier, his gaze scorching as he stared at my belly, “Phoebe was pregnant

thought him as an unnerving man. For a moment, I

Caleb.

family. Brendan’s had a stroke, Samuel’s comatose. Who’s going to care about your kid?” Dexter sneered, lifting

wanted me as a stand–in trapped

face? Huh, I don’t look like Melody, and besides, she’s not dead yet,”

eyes were cold, “That’s not for you to speculate.”

Ever the arrogant one, I mused.

when my husband sicced the dogs on you?” Now I was literally a bit miffed Colin didn’t wake me up to join in.

really wanted to see Dexter lose that ever–present mask of dominance and indifference. Dexter ground his teeth, his words coming out through clenched

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your marriage into the Langley family would save the Larson family from

onto something.

stared back

“You can take

influence and tactics to protect me? If I’m really a murderer, you realize harboring

none of your concern,” he reminded me to cut

Dexter urged me to

just waiting for me to cut ties with Colin. “Harboring is a big crime, you know.

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