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    Now he was pulling this act–what else could it be but a performance?

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    Dan stood and casually adjusted the sleeve that had been rumpled when he carried her.

    “So what do we do now, Marie?”

    Marie went quiet. iWhat /iithe /iihell /iido /iiyou /iimean/i, iwhat /iido /iiwe /iido/ii? /i

    Dan stood at the edge of the bed, looking down at her. Even under such suffocating tension, those peach blossom eyes of his still held a deceptive depth–an illusion of tenderness.

    Marie had to admit, once upon a time, she had fallen for that gaze.

    All those years he’d been missing…

    Whenever she thought of the way he used to look at her, it always brought with it the illusion of affection.

    But ever since Dan reappeared…

    iThat /iillusion shatteredpletely.

    She suddenly remembered what someone once said: i“/iiPeach /iiblossom /iieyes /iicould /iimake /iieven /ilooking at a beast iseem /iifull /iiof /iiemotion/ii./ii” /i

    Dan opened the nightstand drawer as he spoke.

    “Your love–it’s not something you can just take back whenever you want.”

    Marie was stunned.

    What?

    Dan said, “You don’t get to decide that.”

    Marie snapped, “Are you out of your damn mind?”

    Did he think she was some clueless little girl? Like she couldn’t even control her own heart?

    Too bad for him–she wasn’t.

    Even when she’d loved someone with everything she had, the moment she found out they were a threat to her family, she would crush that so–called love without hesitation.

    Dan, as always, acted like he hadn’t heard a word she said.

    He pulled out a folder that had clearly been prepared ahead of time. There was even a pen

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    clipped to it.

    Dan handed it to her.

    Marie

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    gave him a cold, unforgiving re, then cast a nce at the document he was offering.

    The title: “Divorce Agreement.”

    She let out a short, mockingugh. “What, trying to y the ssic rich–people trick? Marriage contract before the wedding?”

    In high society, that kind of transactional marriage game wasmon.

    Some people signed divorce terms before they’d even tied the knot.

    Marie sneered. “Who the hell do you think you are, pulling that stunt with me?”

    Did he think she was desperate? Starving? That she needed to y some pathetic deal like that with him?

    Dan said calmly, “It’s your divorce agreement–with Derrick.”

    Marie froze.

    Her head snapped up to look at him, eyes now filled with an oing storm.

    Dan watched her reaction, then sat at the edge of the bed and pushed the folder toward her again.

    “Divorce him first. Alright?”

    Love or not–that wasn’t the most important thing right now.

    What mattered was that ihe/ii, /ithe leader of Ashen Pact, was not going to be the other man.

    So Marie had to leave Derrick.

    Marie’s breathing turned ragged. “You son of a b*tch.”

    Dan was just dering decisions on her behalf like it was his right. Rage boiled up, and she raised her hand to p him across the face.

    This time, Dan caught her wrist.

    “I don’t care who it was that night at Spirit Pub.”

    “You don’t care?!” Marie exploded. “You lying bastard, what was that whole performance for

    then?”

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    She was furious.

    She raised her other hand and swung.

    This time, itnded with a sharp smacki. /i

    Dan’s face darkened instantly.

    He clenched his teeth and red at her. “Did you ever hit Derrick like that?”

    His voice was tight, barely hiding his jealousy.

    He shouldn’t have mentioned Derrick.

    At the sound of that name, Marie immediately recalled what Dan did the night she and Derrick got their marriage certificate.

    It hadn’t just been an insult to Derrick–it had ruined her reputation, too.

    Marie’s anger surged, and her fury toward Dan only deepened.

    She wanted to hit him harder.

    But now, she didn’t even have the strength…

    Her blows barely registered on him. It was infuriating.

    “You piece of shit. Why the hell aren’t iyou /i

    affected?”

    She’d only inhaled a puff of that smoke at the door, and now she couldn’t even move.

    But Dan had been in that room the whole time. Why was he fine?

    Could it be… an iantidote/ii? /i

    Her eyes narrowed with venom. “There’s an antidote for this, isn’t there?”

    Dan didn’t flinch. His gaze only deepened. There wasn’t a trace of guilt in him.

    Clearly, when he did vile things, he did them with full confidence.

    As Marie burned with fury, Dan suddenly pulled her onto hisp.

    “Be good. Just divorce him, alfight?”

    His tone was doting–coaxing, even.

    Marie went quiet.

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    What the ihell /iieven /iiis /iithis /iiguy/i? iDoes /iihe /iiknow /iiwhat /iihe’s /iisaying/ii? /i

    Furious, she

    pped him again.

    Dan didn’t block it this time. After all, herst p had barely hurt.

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    He let her hit him again and again, without dodging, like some shameless pig who didn’t even care about being burned.

    That dead–eyed look of his only made Marie angrier.

    And the fact that her ps weren’t even leaving a mark?

    Only infuriated her more.

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