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."

eyes, just for a

her family. She could have picked up her violin whenever her heart desired, instead of now-forced to leave behind what she loved, pushed into a world of business and cold

this way just to tell

you've already guessed. Otherwise, with everything going wrong at the Richards Group, you wouldn't

Haynes fell silent.


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

his real suspicions

had orchestrated it. Once the seed of doubt was planted, he

confronting him, accusing him of spreading malicious rumors

even of trying to

in a staged

the source of Stella's misunderstanding-he'd always thought Joshua was simply too cunning.

once suspected Foreman,

been behind it all, then everything suddenly made

Still, suspicion wasn't proof.

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