At the same time, that whole mess finally made me realize that Adam’s feelings for me were real.
It was not about attraction, it was not about using each other, and it definitely was not some forbidden crush.
It was genuine love.
I finally let my guard down and said yes to his proposal.
Even John accepted him as part of the family.
Everything started falling into place.
As for Marilyn’s uncle–the private investigator–he was not going to just take the beating and walk away.
He happened to know the dark secret behind the Callahan and Castellanos families‘ feud from 20 years ago.
Turns out, what everyone thought was an accident was actually a murder–for–hire orchestrat- ed by the Callahan family.
He turned the case over to the police and exposed the hitman involved.
Everyone responsible, including Lucas‘ father, ended up behind bars.
After that, the other shareholders quickly shifted their support to Adam.
Meanwhile, my divorce case with Lucas finally reached a verdict.
Since he cheated on me publicly, humiliated and mistreated me, and got caught on video do- ing it, the court ruled he was completely at fault.
In the end, the judgment gave me 60% of the assets and left Lucas with only 40%.
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I got the covered savings, real estate, and–most importantly–half of the company shares.
With Adam and me joining forces, we became the majority shareholders.
The company officially came under our control.
Lucas was completely pushed out.
“Honey, I know I messed up. Can you forgive me?
“I can lose everything, just not you!”
He suddenly tore open his pants in a frenzy, and I was stunned to see he was wearing a chastity belt.
And it was locked.
It looked like something straight out of a movie.
“Here’s the key!” he cried.
“From now on, my body is yours and yours only!
“I won’t touch another woman ever again!
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“Please, stop going after other men. It drives me insane thinking of you with another man!”
He handed me the key with trembling hands.
We were standing on the Brooklyn Bridge, and funny enough, it was the exact spot where I had saved him ten years ago.
“But I’m not interested in your body anymore.”
Then, without a second thought, I tossed the key into the sea.
“No!”
Lucas actually dove in after it, completely forgetting that he did not know how to swim.
This time, I was not about to save him.
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He never resurfaced.
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Meanwhile, Adam and I stood facing the ocean as spring flowers bloomed all around us.
The end.
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