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I instantly felt as if this would end badly, so I didn’t falter. So many bad memories came rushing back to me.
My heart racing.
My blood boiling.
My mind playing tricks on me.
Taking ahold of all my senses.
With wide eyes, he cocked his head to the side. “Bailey, I did it to protect you.”
“Then you admit it?”
He shook his head. “I’m not proud of it, but I thought this was the only way to get him out of your life.”
Aires fisted his hands. I caught it from the corner of my eyes. I was more surprised he hadn’t reacted yet, but a huge part of me knew he was holding back because my family was there.
However, a man could only take so much. I never contemplated this moment.
The expression on his face…
What he would say…
How he would react…
I yelled, “You sold me out to the highest bidder!”
Nothing could have prepared me for what happened next.
“I didn’t expect the public's reaction to your relationship. I did it for your own good.”
“You’re nothing but a traitor,” I added, shifting my glare from him to Thomas. “How did you?—”
Aires finally stated, “I told him to.”
Our eyes locked.
“Everybody has a price, Bailey. I knew if we started digging, we’d find something on Robert.”
Thomas remarked, “Yeah, and it cost you a pretty penny, Aires.”
“She’s worth it.”
“It didn’t take long to get people to talk like a canary when you’re throwing money in their faces, and that’s exactly what Aires did.” Thomas nodded to him. “He loves you, Bailey, and he wouldn’t stop until we got to the bottom of it.”
“This is just perfect,” Robert snidely bit. “You’re going to believe him over me? After everything I’ve done for you. This is how you repay me?”
“You’d be nothing without her, and don’t you ever forget that,” Aires threatened.
“You need to go now. I want nothing to do with you.”
Robert expressed, “Bailey, don’t do this…”
“You did it, not me. You couldn’t just be happy for me? You always made me fear that the other shoe would eventually drop. I could never enjoy my success because you loved to remind me that it was futile and fleeting.”
“Bailey, please… see reason.”
“This is me seeing reason!”
