Chapter 34

He took a step toward me, and my whole body tensed. My pulse roared in my ears as he reached out and grabbed my wrist. His skin was cold, his grip rough and possessive. I felt a wave of disgust wash over me as his fingers tightened around my bone. I jerked away, trying to twist free, but he held on tight. “You don’t get to act brave,” he whispered, his breath hot against my ear, laced with bitterness. “You don’t get to talk unless I say so.” “You’re hurting him!” I shouted, my voice cracking as I struggled against him. My heart thundered in my chest. “He’s just a child! Why drag him into your mess with Joey?” Kane’s eyes narrowed like a predator’s. “Because Joey dragged me into hers first.” Kane Delacroix. I remembered him now—his name etched into headlines, his fall from grace whispered about in high circles. The disgraced heir to a shipping empire, once groomed to inherit billions, now nothing more than a shadow of who he was. The media said he lost everything after a scandal in Pari