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Emma crossed her arms and gave Ryan the coldest stare.
Her words were hitting him like bricks. Ryan gripped his coffee cup so hard his knuckles went white, guilt
eating him alive.
For a hot second, Ryan thought Emma knew everything.
f Emma knew the truth, then maybe Stella did too…
That scared the shit out of him.
But then he thought about it – only a handful of people knew he was faking. How could Emma possibly
now?
The guilt was crushing him.
‘inally, he looked down and spilled everything: “The whole memory loss thing… I’ve been bullshitting this
ntire time.”
Are you fucking kidding me?!”
With Emma staring at him like he’d grown two heads, Ryan slowly told her the whole story.
When he finished, Emma’s face went stone cold, pure rage in her eyes.
So let me get this straight – you never actually lost your memory? You just straight-up lied to Stella for some nheritance cash?”
yan nodded.
Emma was livid: “Ryan, you are such a piece of garbage.”
Ryan’s voice cracked: “I know I royally fucked up. I’m here because I need you to tell me where she went.”
The absolute hell you put Stella through…” Emma’s voice was dripping with disgust. “Do you have any clue how many nights she spent crying over your sorry ass? She stuck with you when you were broke as hell – she never gave a damn about money. What the fuck did you think she was, some gold digger?”
“And that plagiarism drama? You threw her under the bus on something that could destroy her whole career. Did you even think about her future for two seconds? You’re the most selfish asshole I’ve ever met!”
Ryan’s eyes were getting watery, his mouth tasting like regret: “I know, okay? I know I’m trash… Emma, I
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fucked up beyond belief, but I can’t live without her. Please, I’m literally begging you to help me.”
Emma had heard enough. She slammed her cup down on the table hard.
“You made this mess, so deal with the consequences yourself! If you’d owned up to your shit even a little bit
earlier, it wouldn’t have come to this.”
‘She doesn’t want to see you, so stop trying to mess up her life! She’s finally starting to heal from all the pain you caused. If you hurt her again, I swear to God I will end you!”
With that, Emma grabbed her purse and stormed out, not giving Ryan a chance to say another word.
Emma’s refusal was basically a death sentence for Ryan – he’d lost his only lead.
tyan stumbled back to the Reed house like a zombie. The second he walked in, Ivy threw herself into his
irms.
Ryan, babe, why are you so late tonight?”
yan frowned, feeling completely drained. He couldn’t deal with Ivy’s bullshit right now.
hat’s when shouting erupted from outside the house.
A man and woman burst through the front door, yelling: “Daughter! We finally found you!”
Daughter?
yan just stood there, totally confused.
The two people looked like they’d been living rough – ratty clothes, desperate eyes with this greedy look.
When Ivy saw them, she went pale and hid behind Ryan: “Ryan, don’t let them get near me!”
Ryan raised an eyebrow but didn’t move a muscle.
Usually he’d bend over backwards to make Ivy happy so she’d marry him ASAP.
But now that Stella was gone, what was the fucking point?
“Son, I’d mind your own business if I were you.”
The guy gave Ryan a nasty look, then turned to Ivy like he was sizing up a payday: “Sweetie, you’re living in this fancy place while we’re stuck in some roach infested dump. How’s that fair?”
“Ryan, come protect me!” Ivy whined as the guy stepped closer.
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But Ryan stayed put, just watching the drama unfold with zero emotion.
Too freaked out to notice Ryan’s sudden cold shoulder, Ivy shot back: “I already gave you cash before! Why are you back?! And who ratted out my address?!”
The man laughed grimly: “We hit some hard times, so naturally we came to our meal ticket. Time to pay up
again!”
“Hell no! I don’t owe you shit!” Ivy screeched.
The woman started sobbing dramatically: “How can you be so cruel? I gave birth to you! You know how we’re barely scraping by? You selfish little bitch.”
You won’t help us out? Fine, maybe you need to learn some manners!” The guy grabbed what looked like a
crowbar, raising it toward Ivy.
