Chapter 114

ROMAN

I stood in the living room, my hands clenched into fists at my sides, anger simmering just beneath the surface. The ice pack Amelia had given me lay forgotten on the coffee table, slowly melting into a puddle that matched the cold fury in my veins. Alexander lounged on the sofa across from me, looking far too comfortable for a man who was in the presence of the one who wanted him dead the most.

The silence that settled between us was oppressive, filled with years of unspoken animosity and distrust.

Alexander and I used to be friends once upon a time, business partners with a bond that only few understood.

Until he chose to throw me under the bus for power, so I killed him and took everything he ever gained outside his family…at least I thought I killed the bastard.

He was like a fucking cockroach!

And now…he claimed to be something I desperately hoped he wouldn't be.

I had spent weeks and resources searching for this man, driven by a desire for vengeance that had consumed m