Chapter 126
Third Person's POV
Cassian rose slowly, his voice low but cuttingly cold. "If my mother hadn't brought up that sixty million, how long were you planning to keep me in the dark?"
Samantha's eyes darted around. She stepped toward him in a panic. "Cassian, I already explained this. Howard forced me! I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to ruin your relationship with him over me—!"
Cassian's gaze lingered on her face for a long time.
He had just stepped away from the investigation. The brutal details were still etched in his mind, and while logic told him to be clinical, his wolf nature was surging. He loathed being deceived, and he loathed being manipulated.
He spoke, his voice not loud, but like a sharp blade pressed against a table. "Samantha, I don't like people ta
