Lara-Jean POV
"Are you sure you can do this?"
Peter's voice is low, tight with worry.
Marcus's office hums with quiet tension. His entire team sits around the table—lawyers, investigators, analysts—everyone focused on the plan spread across multiple screens.
The trap.
I lean back and meet Peter's eyes. "It's the only way."
His jaw tightens. "There has to be another option."
Marcus clears his throat. "There isn't."
Peter doesn't look at him. His gaze stays locked on me.
"You'd have to move out," he says. "Let the world think I betrayed you."
"Yes."
"That the photos destroyed our marriage."
"Yes."
"That you hate me."
I shrug lightly. "I don't care what the world thinks."
He leans forward. "I do."
"I know."
"That's not the problem."
"I know."
The problem is him. The idea o
