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45. Monster
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2025-03-03 03:39:28Leah
I had to know. Ever since Chloe had sowed the seed of doubt, there’d been a niggling in the back of my brain. Was Lorenzo responsible for the attack that killed Dad? He couldn’t have been, could he? He loved me; people who loved other people didn’t kill their fathers.
As much as I wanted to believe this, I wasn’t sure.
“Did you?” I repeated, glaring at my mate.
He still had a death grip on my wrist, but he’d stopped trying to drag me through the door. “Leah,” he chuckled. “Are you really going to let her put lies into your head? She’s got a head injury – she’s not thinking straight.” He conveniently left out the part where I’d given her said head injury.
If I didn’t know him as well as I did, I might have believed his deflection. But I’d spent years with him.
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