LEO’S POV“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Alaric repeated, and then the dam broke.He didn’t lunge at me. He didn’t throw a punch. Instead, tears of betrayal poured down his face.“How could you?” he choked out, his voice rising with a pain that rattled the quiet office.“You knew what my last breakup did to me, Dad! You watched me crawl out of that dark hole for months! You knew how much I wanted Vicky, and the whole time, you were behind my back, taking her for yourself?”“Alaric—”“No, shut up!” he screamed, his hands shaking violently as he stepped closer.“You shipped me back to D.C. You lied to my face, telling me it was for the business, just so you could have an empty house with her! You’re supposed to be my father. You’re supposed to protect me, not stab me in the back for some girl who was mine first! You’re a hypocrite. A selfish, pathetic excuse for a father.”The words tore through my pride, hitting the rawest part of my soul.I had no defense. I had nothing to save me.“I
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