She loved someone else. She didn't want to be with me anymore. She'd forgotten me. There was nousin the future.
"Do it!" Josephine shouted, her voice loud, echoing in my ears. "Do it, Luke!"
My hand was shaking when I put the tip of the pen on the paper.
I stared at my hand, at the ring on my finger. The ring that I'd promised Cassie I would never take off.
My hand shook even more, and I dropped the pen before throwing the paper off my desk. I panted.
I couldn't do it.
"Why?" Josephine cried, glaring at me, angry tears in her eyes. "Why the fuck didn't you do it?"
I couldn't do it. I would never be able to do it. I would never betray Cassie.
"Are you stupid?" Josephine lashed out. "You would sacrifice Klein Enterprise, your family, your workers and all your hard work just to not be with me? What the hell is wrong with you?"
I stared at Josephine. I wished that I could answer her. Yes, I was stupid. Hell yes, I was mad. I was crazy.
She seethed. "You're still wearing that ugly ring. I know that it has something to do with her, the girl you gave the other ring to. I know that you're still thinking about her. How could you be such an idiot, Luke?"
I frowned at her.
"That girl gave up on you years ago," Josephine shouted. "She knew that she was no match for you the moment she stepped intoour world. She gave up on you, Luke!"
Josephine panted, while here I was, taken aback by her words.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" I bit out.
She suddenly paled. She stepped back, retreating, her eyes wide in shock, as if she’d just realized what she’d blurted out.
She shook her head in denial. "Nothing," she stuttered. "I was just assuming things."
What was she talking about? Cassie giving up on me all those years ago? Cassie stepping into our world?
My jaw clenched. I gripped Josephine's shoulders, shaking her. She stared at me in horror.
"Did you meet Cassie?" I asked, my voice low and cold as ice.
She stiffened under my grip, still staring at me with wide eyes. Her lips trembled.
"Fucking answer me, Josephine," I hissed, feeling like I was about to explode. "Did you meet her? Did you meet Cassie before?"
Still, she was silent, like she just froze into ice.
"Answer me!" I hollered, startling her. The fear in her eyes was unmistakable.
I felt like I wanted to choke her to death. It took every part of me to restrain myself from doing so.
My voice was laced with venom when I said the next question, "What have you done to Cassie?"
Josephine shook her head in denial, but my menacing eyes told her to not lie.
She let out a shaky breath. "I didn't know anything—"
"Liar!" I lashed out, losing my patience. The fury in my blood made me shake in anger.
Tears of fear pooled in Josephine's eyes.
