CHAPTER 103

Flashback

~ETHAN'S POV~

"What did you just say?" Pablo's eyes narrowed.

"I am not doing anything you ask of me until you tell me what you did to Jaxon."

My heart pounded in my chest as I stood in front of Pablo. I couldn't hold back any longer as anger and frustration boiled through me. I needed answers, and I deserved to know the truth.

"I taught him a lesson…a lesson he would never forget." He said and licked the edge of his blade. He went on to say more but I could barely listen with a straight face.

"Pablo, how could you do that to Jaxon?" My face contorted in disgust. "He did everything for you yet you hurt him."

"Apparently not everything…" Pablo's expression remained stoic, and he spoke in a calm, detached tone. "I did what was necessary for the greater good of our mission," he replied, his words echoing with an unsettling sense of righteousness.

"The greater good?" I spat, unable to contain my anger any longer. "You manipulated Jaxon, you didn't value him. You used him."

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