Mandy's POV
The thought refused to leave me no matter how hard I tried.
Once it formed, it clung to my mind like a shadow that refused to fade, growing heavier with every passing hour.
What if their kindness… had never been kindness at all?
What if there was a reason behind it?
What if….. what….. if…
So many what-ifs were running through my head.
I sat alone in my apartment, outside it was unusually quiet. My phone lay beside me, its screen dark, but my thoughts kept circling back to the same place.
Killian's sudden appearance at my wedding.
The way he had stepped forward without hesitation.
Atlas's warnings replayed in my head.
"Men like him don't do anything without calculating the return."
At the time, I had dismissed his words as manipulation.
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