Kate’s gaze faltered for a moment before she sighed, as if the weight of years pressed upon her. “While you were busy chasing your music career, James was looking for someone who would love him. And I was there—waiting, listening, and eventually, we fell for each other.”
Her confession hit me like a punch. All those years as partners in crime, the secrets we’d shared since childhood, had twisted into something unrecognizable. I had never imagined that the friend I trusted more than anyone would steal not only the man I once thought was mine but also my chance to discover the truth behind everything.
Before the first rays of dawn had even graced the sky, Kate and her loyal bodyguards set our escape plan into motion. As we huddled in a shadowed corner of the safe house, she leaned close and murmured, “By the way, James’s bodyguard is mine. They're my spy, my eyes inside his circle.”