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His lips pressed against hers, but all Amelia felt was pure humiliation.
She fought like hell to get away, but Nathan had her pinned so hard she couldn’t budge.
Rage and shame burned through her as she bit down on his lip–hard. She tasted blood.
Only then did Nathan let go.
He straightened up and wiped the blood off his lip with the back of his hand.
Amelia swung at him, but Nathan wasn’t about to let her get another shot in. He grabbed her wrist and slammed it against the tree.
Amelia was livid. What the fuck was he doing?
After spending the night with Vivian, he shows up at the crack of dawn to kiss her.
To mess with her head?
He was absolutely disgusting!
Fury exploded inside her as she tried to knee him.
He caught that too.
“Amelia, you really think I’d let you pull that shit twice” Nathan’s voice was ice–cold.
Last night just caught him off–guard–no way in hell would he let her hit him again!
He’d thought Amelia had finally gotten her act together but she’d played him. Again.
Acting all reluctant while having some kid call her mommy, dragging him back to the estate–wasn’t it all just to manipulate him through his grandparents?
Nathan’s warped reasoning made him even angrier.
How had she turned into this?
She used to be so sweet and reasonable.
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All that sympathy he’d felt for her last night now felt like a slap in the face.
His grip on her wrist got tighter, making her hand throb.
Still unable to break free, Amelia hated that she wasn’t strong enough to fight him off.
If she hadn’t been drunk last night, if she didn’t need to explain things to the old folks, she never would’ve stayed here!
“What the hell do you want from me!” Amelia yelled.
“When we go see my grandparents, keep your mouth shut about shit you shouldn’t say,” Nathan warned. “Amelia, don’t make me hate you.”
Amelia nearly lost it laughing.
“What gives you the right to talk to me like that?” she snapped. “As my soon–to–be ex–husband?”
“Amelia!”
“Get your hands off me,” Amelia said viciously. “Don’t make me think you’re some knuckle–dragging caveman who can only solve problems with his fists!”
While they went at it in the trees, Orbin watched from afar.
He’d started out wanting to break up the fight, but now he was just shaking his head.
“Lady Harrison, you had them stay overnight hoping they’d hash things out and make up.”
Orbin sighed heavily, muttering to himself: “But looks like they hate each other even more than before.”
“What the hell are we supposed to do now…”
Seeing the two of them still arguing as they headed toward the house, Orbin trailed behind at a safe
distance.
They got through breakfast in stone–cold silence. Amelia explained the adoption thing to Lord and Lady Harrison, skipping the tanzanite stuff and just mentioning Louie’s invitation. She made it clear that Mila was officially adopted under her mother’s name.
The old couple was cool with Amelia’s setup.
From their perspective, Nathan and Amelia might be fighting, but they were still married. Once they
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worked through their issues and cleared the air, they have years ahead of them and would probably have more kids.
Hell, Nathan still had bite marks on his lips from whatever they’d been up to!
Plus, neither of them was thirty yet, so they couldn’t legally adopt anyway. This was the smartest way to handle it.
Having one extra kid around? No big deal. If Amelia was attached to Mila, they’d make sure the girl got proper medical care and a good education.
“Amelia, bring Mila around to visit sometime,” Lord Harrison said warmly.
Amelia didn’t want to agree, but figured it was easier than stirring up drama. Besides, with Harrison Group’s clout in New York, if Lord Harrison really wanted to see Mila, he’d make it happen anyway.
Better to say yes now so she could control when, where and how they met. Plus, Lord Harrison seemed like a decent guy.
So she nodded.
Nathan saw Amelia agree and felt even more convince he was right.
But he wasn’t about to show his hand in front of William, so he just looked down and kept his mouth shut.
After some more polite chitchat, their little family reunion was basically over.
Once they left Moonlight Manor, Amelia walked straight to her car.
Door open, seatbelt on, engine started, gone–smooth as silk.
She didn’t even glance at Nathan.
Nathan watched Amelia drive off like a pro, following silently until they hit the next intersection where he turned and they went separate ways.
Amelia swung by to pick up Mila and drop her at school, then Harper called.
“Amelia, can you get over here? We’re about to crack aren’s phone!” Harper sounded ready to explode with excitement.
After that second Voice of Heaven live show, Harper hat told her about meeting some audience member who’d been secretly recording. They’d hung out that night and figured out this person had been dying to
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expose stuff but didn’t have solid proof.
After meeting up a bunch of times to build trust, Harper had compared notes with them.
The tech guy Caspian had hooked Harper up with was overseas, and shipping the phone would be a pain
in the ass.
Harper had met with Se7ven yesterday afternoon, and Se7ven’s online buddy freaked out when they heard Harper had the phone.
They’d agreed to meet today at Se7ven’s brother’s place to recover the data.
“I could totally handle this solo, but Amelia, I’m freaking out. Could you come over and help us figure out our game plan?”
“Screeeech-” Amelia slammed the brakes.
“Yeah, I’m on my way. Send me the address,” Amelia said.
Right after she hung up, her phone buzzed with the location.
Amelia whipped a U–turn and headed to Harper’s spot
She was parked downstairs in no time.
7th floor, apartment 716. Amelia hit the buzzer.
Harper opened the door almost immediately.
“Amelia, you made it!” Harper was practically glowing
She’d been waiting for this moment forever.
Ever since Amelia took that nasty fall down the stairs, Barper had been eating herself alive with guilt. If
they could actually pull this data recovery off, maybe he’d stop feeling like such garbage for not doing enough for Amelia
Not to mention having seven ready to blast that audi everywhere they could totally destroy Vivian!
“Want a mask or something? Harper dug around in h pocket. “I haven’t told Se7ven who you really
Amelia shook her head. No point.
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These people were hosting their acces to help her. If she wanted their help, the whole team needed to
true each other
This was her way of showing she was all in
So Amelia walked into the apartment and shut the dog When Seven came over to say hi, Amelia gave a Birtle bow and stuck out her right hand.
“Hello, I’m Dena,” she said
Seven’s eyes went huge. He looked like he was about te scream but slapped his hand over his mouth.
After staring for like three seconds, Se7ven finally managed, “Holy shit… you’re Amelia!”
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