I curled my lips into a faint smile. It was not me he could not let go of. What he could not let go of was having me take care of him like a live-in maid every single day, and losing a capable right-hand woman at the company. After all, free labor was always the easiest to use. “Actually, I should be congratulating you. You can finally live like a normal person again. And now you and Yvette can have your happy ending too.” Elijah shook his head desperately. “I don’t love her. Everything I did before was just to get back at Yvette. I had no idea you’d liked me all those years.” Hearing that, I was almost glad he had never known. Otherwise, the next time we fought, I probably would have heard something like, “You asked for it. You were the one stupid enough to love me and wait on me

