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Isabelle should know better than to do anything that could jeopardize the stocks, but I also believe it’s time I have a conversation with his father. They both seem to think that I’ll honor a contract signed when emotions were running high, under circumstances that were far from rational.
Back then, I was overwhelmed by so many emotions, with guilt at the very top. Guilt clouded my judgment, and I couldn’t think straight. All of that happened before Amara came into my life.
Before Amara, I honestly didn’t think I was capable of loving again after everything that had happened. That’s why I agreed to sign that document, thinking I owed Isabelle something—like it was my duty to do so. I convinced myself it was the right thing because of everything she had gone through.
But three ye
