Chapter 138. No More Games

2024

Adrian’s POV

Phoebe laughed bitterly,the sound cutting through the tense air between us.”So,you’d really send your daughter’s mother to jail?Is that what you’re saying?”

I was not surprised by Phoebe’s reaction.It was the same tactic she’d always used since Evie was born.But I was not going to be swayed.

“I’m not playing your games anymore,Phoebe.”

Her face twisted with frustration,and she stepped forward,her voice low and threatening.”You never learned,did you?You never learned how much you needed me.Do you think this woman you’re obsessed with will ever be good enough for you?She will never understand you the way I do.She’ll never choose you,Adrian.Surely you can see that.”

My chest tightened at the mention of Amelia;sharp and sudden,like a bruise pressed too hard.I didn’t let it show.I couldn’t.Not when Phoebe’s words cut into the one fear I hadn’t dared to voice:that Amelia might choose Liam.That may be all I’d ever be was t