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His hand clamps around my arm, fingers digging in too tightly. I wince, struggling to pull free.
“Let me make something clear,” he hisses. “You will never and I mean never replace Chloe. You can’t even measure up so what makes you think you can’t take her place? What makes you think that I’d ever fall in love with a vicious viper like you?”
“You’re hurting me, Noah.”
But he doesn’t listen. His grip only tightens, cutting into my skin. It’s like he’s under a spell when it comes to Brook and Chloe, because even now, when he’s literally hurting me, nothing can get through to
that thick skull of his.
I push at him, uselessly, about to give up when suddenly I’m wrenched free.
“Back the fuck off,” Benjie snaps, shoving Noah away. “Can’t you see you’re hurting her?”
Noah snarls. “This is none of your fucking business.”
“It is when you’re assaulting a woman in broad daylight,” Benjie shoots back. “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Noah’s fists clench and his jaw ticks. He sizes Benjie up and then dismisses him like he’s nothing. His rage swings back to me.
“You’ll never be even a third of the woman Chloe was. So get it through your fucking head, you will never
replace her.”
I rub at my sore arm, red marks blooming under my skin. My chest is burning with fury.
“Are you an idiot, Noah?”
“What the fuck did you just say?” he growls, stepping forward, but Benjie blocks him again, shielding me.
I tug on Benjie’s sleeve and shake my head. I need to finish this. Otherwise, Noah will never stop coming
at me over ridiculous lies
Benjie hesitates, then steps aside.
“I asked if you’re an idiot,” I repeat coldly. “I know Aunt Ava and Uncle Rowan, and I’m damn sure they didn’t raise a son dumb enough to believe every word his bitch of a sister–in–law spits out.”
“Why you-”
“Shut up,” I snap. “You had your chance to talk. Now it’s my turn.”
“Yes, I slapped Brook. And honestly? I’d do it again a thousand times. Because she came to my home,
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insulted me, and threatened me. I’ll fight anyone who comes after my baby, Noah. Including you and that demon you call a sister–in–law.”
His body stiffens, the first cracks of doubt flickering in his eyes. Classic Noah, blindly believing Brook without any evidence, except a few tears from her.
“She claimed I assaulted her in public? Where’s the proof? Everyone knows who she is. If I had really attacked her, it would’ve been in the gossip blogs within minutes, or better yet, don’t you think someone would’ve told you the moment it happened, knowing well how the noble Noah is protective of his late
wife’s sister?”
For once, he falters. The anger in his stance wavers, uncertainty slipping in.
“Do you really think I’d risk tarnishing Aunt Ava and Uncle Rowan’s names–or Lilly’s–by attacking Brook in public?”
His jaw tightens, but this time it’s not rage. It’s realization.
“I admit I slapped her. But only because she came to my home and crossed a line. Don’t twist it into something it wasn’t. Now leave, before I forget we’re in public and castrate you for laying a hand on me.”
His eyes blaze, but he says nothing. He glares at me one last time before stomping off toward his car. Moments later, he’s gone through the main gates.
I exhale, shakily, and turn to Benjie. “Thank you for being here.”
“It’s nothing,” he says softly. “I was heading to the break room for water when I saw him grab you.”
So grateful for small miracles.
I swallow. “Could you please keep what you heard between us?”
I’m grateful that most people were in their labs working, so there wasn’t anyone here to witness what
happened.
“Of course. My lips are sealed.” He gives me a small smile. “Now, come on. Let’s get you something to
drink.”
We start to head back and I freeze in my tracks because I see her. Jocelyn.
It isn’t just the fact that she might have overheard everything that terrifies me. It’s her smile and the evil glint in her eyes,
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