“I didn’t leak anything!” she shouted. “That was you, remember?”
“I was hurt,” he hissed. “But now? Now I’m just angry. Because I realized something. You never loved me. You just needed me to be your stability. Your safety net. While you were fantasizing about a man who could own you.”
Lexi’s face paled.
“You’re disgusting,” Ethan said, venom rising in his voice. “You ruined what we had. For lust.”
Lexi flinched as though struck. She was about to speak, but a new voice cut through the room like a whip.
“Get out!”
Julian stood in the doorway, calm but radiating fury.
Ethan didn’t back down. “Figures you’d show up. The puppet master himself.”
Julian stepped inside, closing the door with a soft click. “I don’t know what you think you’re doing, but if you come near her again—”
“What?
