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    Vickie scrambled desperately for the nket, dragging it over her shaking body like a flimsy shield.


    Her hair was a disaster, her face a storm front of confusion and pure fury as her eyes raced around the room.


    It took her only seconds for the awful, undeniable truth to click into ce.


    Her eyes went instantly red, burning with a fresh, white-hot hatred as she aimed her re at Brendon. “You bastard! What the hell did you do to me?”


    Vickie was torn apart by rage and despair, the intensity making her want to w Brendon’s throat out with her bare hands.


    She swore she had clearly seen Dn standing there earlier—so how in God’s name did that man turn into Brendon?


    Something had gone terribly, horrifyingly wrong.


    Vickie would never have done any of this if she hadn’t been absolutely certain she was with Dn.


    It waspletely over. What in the damn world was she supposed to do now?


    Dn was already cold and distant. If he ever found out she’d been with another man—even under these circumstances—he would never look at her again.


    Fuming, Vickie lifted her hand and struck Brendon again, the blownding with a sickening crack.


    “This entire mess is your fault! You destroyed my life, and I swear you are not getting away with any of this!”


    Brendon honestly didn’t know how it happened. He realized he couldn’t fight back, so he just stood there, letting her hit him, feeling his frustration boil quietly inside.


    His head was swimming with just one thought: how was he even going to begin fixing this huge disaster?


    He had been so sure he saw Christina. How on earth did the person end up being Vickie instead?


    The Scott family was famous for fiercely protecting everyone in their circle. Vickie grew up right there—she was practically a Scott—and everyone expected her to be Dn’s wife someday. And now he had slept with her. He could already feel the massive wave of revenge the Scott family was about to send after him.


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    If the Scotts decided to strike, the Dawson Group would bepletely crushed, and he would be finished, too.


    “Brendon, how could you even do this to me?” Ynda sobbed, her voice shaking. “I’ve loved you for so many years, and you… you were with another woman. How am I supposed to live after knowing that?”


    Brendon already felt terrible, and watching her cry just made the guilt deep inside his chest twist even tighter.


    But his thoughts were a total mess. He couldn’t even manage to say a word—all he could focus on was finding a way to undo this huge mistake.


    “Brendon, what happens now?” Katie whispered softly, looking nervously toward Vickie. “Right now, only the few of us here know what went down.”


    Katie had been sure her brother cheated with Christina and rushed over to expose them—only to find the much more serious problem, Vickie, instead.


    Because of Vickie’s powerful connections, if she decided to me Brendon for everything, the Dawson family could be totally wiped out of Dorfield.


    “Brendon, how could you be so dumb? Wait… Do you think someone set this up?” It was the only way Katie could make sense of it.


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