Rose’s heart pounded.
"I think they’re working together."
The words felt foreign on her tongue as if saying them out loud made them more real. A shiver ran down her spine. She wanted to deny it. To believe that her father, the man who had sold her life away for his selfish greed, couldn’t possibly fall lower than he already had. But here she was, facing the cruel truth, He was back.
And he had teamed up with Amy.
Her breath caught as the walls of Christian’s office seemed to close in around her. “How long have you known?”
Christian’s expression didn’t shift, but there was a tightness around his jaw, a flicker of something unreadable in his gaze.
“not too long.”
She could barely speak. “And you didn’t tell me?”
“I wanted to be sure,” he said quietly. “And I wanted to protect you.”
