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.

gone. “Everything! You scheming witch! You killed my parents and now you’ve

rolled back as

to pull Nathan back.

them, completely

to her feet, gasping for

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

to

her eyes. “Everything will be ours once you’re

flash of metal in her

“Emma!”

a scene in slow motion – Nathan throwing himself between us. The blade catching the harsh fluorescent lights before disappearing into his chest.

stain bloomed across his white shirt like spilled wine. He

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

like a marionette

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