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    She needed answers. She had to know what had driven A to this madness.


    “Do you really hate me that much?”


    “What do you think?” A hissed, sprawled on the floor, gripping her bleeding arm and ring up at Hadley.


    “I told you everything! I confessed—I even begged you for mercy! But you still won’t let me go!”


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    “Still pretending you don’t know?” A lifted her chin defiantly, her voice sharp as ss. “Do you dare say you don’t know that nothing ever happened between me and Mr. Scott?”


    Understanding crystallized in Hadley’s mind with startling rity.


    The revtion struck her with unexpected force—A’s usations centered on that long-buried incident.


    “Exactly!” A’s voice rang with vindicated triumph as she read Hadley’s transparent features. “The truth is written across your face! You’ve known all along!”


    “I have,” Hadley confirmed with a steady nod, seeing no purpose in continued deception.


    “Then why do you persist in destroying my life?” A’s voice cracked with desperate usation. “A single word from you could restore Mr. Scott’s favor and resurrect my career! Instead, you’ve condemned me to professional exile! I’ve be prey to predatory producers and investors who exploit my desperation… and it’s entirely your fault!”


    “Excuse me?” Hadley’s voice carried incredulous disbelief.


    A’s warped perspective left Hadley genuinely stunned—the woman’s capacity for self-deception bordered on pathological.


    Hadley regarded A with a mixture of pity and exasperation. “A, you constructed this entire narrative on deliberate falsehoods, manufacturing evidence where none existed…”


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    The truth was that Hadley had simply let the matter fade from memory, never considering it worthy of Eric’s attention.


    “But what moral obligation do I have to rescue you from consequences you created? Furthermore, countless legitimate career paths exist beyond entertainment. Your current predicament stems from your own calcted deceptions. Mature individuals must ept ountability for their deliberate choices!”


    “A! How dare you…” A sputtered with impotent rage.


    “Hold on,” Eric interjected, his bewildered gaze fixed solely on Hadley whilepletely ignoring A’s presence. “Did she just im that nothing urred between me and her? Are you confirming what I think you’re confirming?”


    Hadley wrapped her arms defensively around herself, her expression growing somber as she nodded with reluctant honesty. “Correct. In reality, absolutely nothing transpired between you and A on that particr evening.”


    This knowledge had resided within her consciousness for months.


    Her silence regarding this revtion stemmed from the timing of her discovery—Eric had copsed unconscious the very day she learned the truth.


    Emergency medical intervention revealed a dangerous cerebral blood clot requiring immediate treatment.


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