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    His own chest tightened, a heavy pull settling deep inside him, as if invisible strings were drawing him into her pain.


    Letting her endure everything on her own was something he could hardly bear.


    Gently, he turned her until she was facing him, concern etched into every feature. “Sadie, can you tell me what really happened between you and Emerson?”


    ine hovered at the edge of the room,pletely lost. Nothing made sense to him.


    What were they all talking about?


    Emerson’s name alone sent a chill through ine. Wasn’t that the Wolfpack’s infamous leader?


    How could Sadie be tied up with someone like that?


    Noah’s words seemed loaded with meaning. Did Sadie know some life-altering truth that they didn’t?


    Everything in the living room seemed to go still, as if the world were holding its breath.


    With effort, Sadie lifted her eyes to meet Noah’s.


    Not a flicker of usation or suspicion showed in his gaze, just a gentle, honest wish to help her carry whatever weighed on her.


    No point pretending now.


    They were already in this together, and keeping Noah in the dark would only build more walls between them.


    Strength failed her for a moment, but somehow, she managed to find enough courage to speak up.


    “He is my biological father,” Sadie said, her voice barely louder than a whisper.


    Utter stillness swept across the room as the revtion hung in the air. Eyes grew wide. ine’s jaw nearly hit the floor as he stared at Sadie, then at Noah, his expression flickering between disbelief and pure shock.


    Emerson. Her father?


    No one could have invented a story as wild as this.


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    A notorious crime boss, and Sadie was his daughter?


    A jolt of understanding passed through Hurst. The pieces finally fit.


    Emerson’s strange, unpredictable behavior suddenly made sense.


    All along, this had been a twisted family drama.


    Compared to what he’d imagined, the situation was a hundred times moreplicated.


    Rather than study the faces of everyone else, Sadie focused on Noah, searching for any sign of judgment.


    She caught the brief surprise in his eyes, though it melted quickly into something far warmer and more protective.


    Noah tightened his grip on her shoulder, showing he wouldn’t leave her.


    A gentle relief washed over her, easing the ache in her chest. It didn’tst.


    Sadie refused to let her guard down, even for a second.


    No one knew better than she did just how cold Emerson could be.


    He’d always chased after power and wealth.


    To him, blood ties were nothing more than a bargaining chip.


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