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.”

the pregnancy card, hoping to divert his

scorching as

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

Caleb.

comatose. Who’s going to care about your kid?” Dexter sneered, lifting my chin with his hand. “You should be grateful you have

was clear about it; he wanted me as a stand–in trapped by his

I don’t look like Melody, and besides, she’s not dead

“That’s not

let out a scoff. Ever the arrogant one,

husband sicced the dogs on you?” Now

and indifference. Dexter ground his teeth, his

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got ties with a murderer to ensure your marriage into the Langley family would save the Larson

onto something.

I stared back

closer. “You can take it that way.

and tactics to protect me? If I’m really a

reminded me to cut

Caleb and come to me,” Dexter urged me to wrap things up

just waiting for me to cut ties with Colin. “Harboring is a big crime, you know. We’re in this together, aren’t

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