Chapter 18

Claire’s eyes burned with hatred.

“Nathan’s a perfectionist about his grooming he’d never leave stubble in his razor,” I said softly. “You planted that evidence, didn’t you?”

“When he showed me those gloves I’d given him, everything clicked. He might have betrayed me, but he’d never use something I made as a bathroom prop.”

“You spotted me following that day. So you staged it all the stubble, the scarf, the lingerie carefully arranged on the

bed.”

“Then you saw my car and put on your little show. How pathetically desperate.”

I met her unhinged stare. “Your greed ruined everything. If you hadn’t tried to manipulate me with that shaving setup, you could’ve kept playing house in the shadows. You got greedy, Claire. That’s on you.”

Suddenly there was a blur of motion – Nathan’s hands wrapping around Claire’s throat.

witch! You killed my

eyes rolled back as she went

rushed in, struggling to pull Nathan back.

against them, completely unraveled. “I’ll kill you!”

stumbled to her feet, gasping

real family!” she shrieked. “She’s the one who destroyed everything – us, our son! She’s

deserves to

on me, something feral in her eyes. “Everything will be ours once you’re gone!”

A flash of metal in her

“Emma!”

in slow motion – Nathan throwing himself between us. The blade catching

like spilled wine. He looked down, almost puzzled, then back

date,” he whispered, trying for that old familiar smile one last

gave out. He crumpled like a

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