Jilted Heiress Strikes Back
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“Scared?”
Leo answered instead. “He just wanted Jared to depend on him completely. That’s all. But, if I’m being honest, with Jared’s personality—he’d never accept that kind of life. For him, every extra day he lived would be torture. The person he trusted most killed his brother—his family—and tried to use him like a pawn. I wonder if Jared ever regretted picking Bastian up off the street that day.”
After a pause, he added, “Maybe if he hadn’t helped him back then… Jared would still be that calm, gentle gentleman—untouched by darkness. He would never have met Bastian. Never ended up trading his whole life away.”