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.”

pregnancy card, hoping to

as he stared at my belly, “Phoebe was

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

Caleb.

comatose. Who’s going to care about your kid?” Dexter

wanted me as a stand–in trapped by his

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

eyes were cold, “That’s not

a scoff. Ever the arrogant

Now

see Dexter lose that ever–present mask of dominance and indifference. Dexter ground his teeth, his words coming out through clenched jaw, “I’d

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You’ve got ties with a murderer to ensure your marriage into the Langley family would save the

was onto

threatening me?” I stared back

pulled me closer. “You can take

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

your concern,” he reminded me to cut the

urged me to wrap things

guessed he had prepared a contract to keep me, just waiting for me to cut ties with Colin. “Harboring is a

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