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, just

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

"You didn't come all this way just to tell me that,

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

Haynes fell silent.


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

real

seemed off-like someone close to him had orchestrated it. Once the seed of doubt

accusing him of spreading malicious rumors

of trying to haven

killed in a staged

the source of Stella's

suspected Foreman,

been behind it all, then everything suddenly made perfect

Still, suspicion wasn't proof.

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