Chapter 52
Kane's POV
Immediately, my hand reached to the back of my pocket for my gun.
Kelly raised both hands in mock surrender, that smug, infuriating smirk still on his face. “Easy, Kane. I’m not here to crash your little contract celebration. Just stopping by to say hello.”
“You picked the worst possible moment,” I said coldly.
He glanced toward Caroline, then back at me with a flicker of something unreadable in his eyes. “Yeah, I noticed. Poolside proposals. So unlike you.”
“Get to the point.”
His smirk slipped, just a little. “Alright. I came to deliver some news. Something you should hear from me before it spreads.”
I folded my arms, tension pulsing behind my eyes. “Then talk.”
He stepped closer, lowering his voice. “Jayson’s back.”
The world tilted. For a second, I wasn’
