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It felt eerily like that moment when Serena had callously and without even an ounce of emotion told him that she was done with him, that she had no use for him without his parents’ fortune

In just a —his parents’ respect and trust and love, the wo for, and the worst, his belief in his judgment, his emotions, in his self-worth

His entire world had collapsed

Her shoulders rareen fire, her ser—it was the Clio he had ado

She was spectacular to behold, truly an equal to goddess Athena at that aze

But even above the fierce pride and ad Jackson in his place was the ht he had ever faced

Her boldness in so publicly and irrevocably announcing their wedding in a week

Had this been her plan all along? Had the distrust and fragility in her eyes, the way she had trembled under his lips, the shadow of the wo, had it all been an act?

The ht erupted, Stefan felt acidic distaste flood his , he drove his fist into the pillar next to hi to contain his volatile ehts

Dio, he didn’t want to think along either lines about Clio And yet the distrust in him was bone deep

Even as he hated that she was changing his life, even as he couldn’t get a handle on his suspicions, he knea life here meant to her, kne much she loved this city

Ree that had shone in her eyes when she had shown up at his suite

Running a hand along his brow, he looked back at her

Jackson was nowhere to be seen and she was surrounded by ishers

A little of the color was back in her cheeks as her gaze swept through the hall, looking for him