Joshua said, "What I'm after is exactly what you once tossed aside like yesterday's news."

The words hit Haynes like a punch to the chest, sharp and unrelenting.

What he'd thrown away so carelessly, long ago, was Stella's unwavering love for him.

He couldn't muster a single word of mockery in response.

Because that, too, was something he'd once held in his hands and now could never get back.

He was the one who'd let it slip away.

Expressionless, Haynes turned to leave, but Joshua's voice sounded behind him

again.

"Haynes, when you were with her, you couldn't give her what she needed. You couldn't protect her. If it weren't for your failures, she'd still be pursuing her passion for the violin, not walking alone into this mess. If you can't be there for her, then let me. As long as I'm around, I'll never let her get hurt or humiliated."

his eyes,

it-if he hadn't been deceived by Rachel Pearce, he and Stella would never have divorced. Stella would never have needed to go back to her family. She could have picked up her violin whenever her heart desired, instead of now-forced to leave behind what

this way just to tell me that, did

smart man. I'm sure you've already guessed. Otherwise, with everything going wrong at the Richards Group, you wouldn't be waiting

Haynes fell silent.


had feelings for Stella. It didn't surprise him. After all, Stella was remarkable; it was only natural someone

his real suspicions lay

someone close to him had orchestrated it. Once the seed of doubt was planted, he began to see signs

remembered Stella confronting him, accusing him of spreading malicious

of trying

killed in a staged

able to trace the source of

never once suspected

if Foreman really had been behind it all, then everything suddenly

Still, suspicion wasn't proof.

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