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But I call her bluff. “If you were going to tell her, you would have done so by now.” Clenching my jaw, I decide to inform her that I know everything. Her ruse is up. “I know why you hate her, Juliet. I know what you saw. You won’t tell her because you know if you do, Maddy will tell your dad everything. He’ll find out what a fucked-up little bitch his daughter really is.”
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner. By telling Maddy my sins, Juliet now knows she will also inadvertently blow the lid on a few sins of her own. Once it’s out, it’s out, and Juliet knows Madison will tell Rachel and Sebastian everything.
Leaning forward, I glare at her, not bothering to conceal my pure hatred for her. “You make me sick. You are pathetic. You use what’s between your legs to get what you want, but let me tell you, I’ve had better.”
Tears sting her eyes. “Fine.” She snatches her phone off the table, her fingers trembling as she dials. I match her stare as I lounge back in my seat. It goes straight to Maddy’s voicemail. The moment I hear her sweet voice, I know what I have to do.
Juliet scowls at me. “Hi, Madison, it’s Juliet. We need to talk. Call me as soon as you get this.” She ends the call furiously. “I’ll tell her this time. I swear it.”
No, she won’t. By doing that, she’s implicating herself. But I play along. “Good. You’ll do me a favor.”
“You mean it?” she says, reading my resolve.
I nod. “I’m done playing this game.” And this time, I actually mean it. I can’t lie to Maddy a second longer. I’ll tell her tonight.
I thought lying to Maddy and playing this game with Juliet was the easy way out. But it wasn’t. Telling Maddy the truth from the very beginning would have been the easy and honest thing to do. Instead, I let my arrogance lead me to a decision I’ll never be able to take back.
Juliet suddenly bursts into tears as she realizes she’s lost for good this time. “I know you have feelings for me,” she pathetically claims, sobbing.
Her sniffles don’t move me in any way, shape, or form. “No, I really don’t,” I candidly reply.
“Dixon—” Before I can fend her off, she swoops forward and kisses me. Her mouth is like a damn vacuum cleaner, and I grip her biceps firmly to pry her away.
“Get off me!” My first instinct is to shove her away, but I can’t. As much as I hate that she’s pregnant, I won’t hurt an innocent child.
“You’re serious?” she says as she stumbles backward.
“Yes. Very.” I wipe my mouth vigorously with the back of my hand. But no matter how hard I scrub, I can never erase my sins.
“You tricked me. And like an idiot, I fell for your lies. You psychologically brain-fucked me. You’re a cruel man, Dr. Mathews.” She clutches her arms around her belly, her eyes filling with tears.
But her tears will never measure up to the ones Madison has shed thanks to Juliet’s maliciousness. “Anyone will believe anything they want to hear,” I counter with a shrug. “Manipulating you was easy because you’re weak and shallow.”
Her lower lip trembles. “Meet me tonight.”
I pull back, disgusted. “Whatever for?”
She sniffs. “I want you to give up all rights to this baby.”
I can’t believe my ears. “You don’t even know if it’s mine.”
Her cold eyes focus on mine as she explains. “Either way, I want you to have nothing to do with it. You’ve got your NDA. Now I want mine.”
It takes me a millisecond to realize why she’s doing this. “You don’t want Dylan to know that that baby might not be his, do you?”
She lowers her eyes, confirming my theory.
“Juliet, I feel sorry for you. How can you love a monster?” I ask, genuinely interested, as I’m unable to understand her love and loyalty to him.
She looks up sadly. “I loved you, didn’t I?”
I clear my throat, not expecting that reply. “Youcreated this monster.”
She snickers. “Maybe you’re the one who needs to see a doctor. We both know you’re addicted to sin just as much as I am.”
I ignore her lies. “What time tonight?”
“I don’t know. Let me organize everything, and I’ll text you. Because I’m not cruel like you, I’ll let you tell Maddy the truth. It’s going to hurt her and you a lot more if you tell her than if I do. But if you don’t tell her by tonight,then I will.”
