Page 6 of What Comes Around

Eventually, the company stabilized. The public moved on. Scandals always fade when a new one arrives.

Apple moved on too.

When she moved to Chicago, I finally discovered who the man was.

The man she had bragged about before she put the knife into my stomach in my last life.

“Life’s been amazing, actually.”

“Didn’t you hear? I found someone who actually matters. One of Chicago’s top bachelors. A billionaire. Charming. Completely obsessed with me. The kind of man women would kill for.”

“You should see my life now. Penthouse view. Designer brands. Millions of followers.”

I had no idea who that man was back then. Only that he existed. And only that Apple believed she had finally won.

But I knew one thing with absolute certainty.

Apple would never get the happily ever after she thought she deserved. Since she had taken everything from me in my last life, I would return the favor in this one.

When Apple moved to Chicago, I started watching her more closely than ever. I followed her patterns. Her posts. Her silences. Amy helped when I needed deeper access. I made sure I never missed a single clue.

And then I saw it.

A message she sent to a friend.

“I hooked up with Knox Sinclair again.”

“This time I’m not letting him slip through my fingers like I did five years ago.”

I stared at the name.

Knox Sinclair.

I opened my browser and searched his name.

Less than five minutes later, I had everything.

Billionaire. Chicago elite. Real estate, casinos, entertainment empires.

I leaned back in my chair, staring at the screen.

So that was him.

The man Apple wanted.

The man she believed would complete her story.

I smiled slowly.

Because if Apple wanted him…

Then I would make sure she never kept him.

Chapter 3: Chosen Family

Over the years, Amy and I never stopped hunting the traffickers.

Two years ago, the hunt finally paid off.