Chapter 38

SADIE

Watching Devin beaten up for being wrongly accused broke my heart. I wiped my face dry.

“Untie him, please?” I looked at them one by one and to my husband.

“Untie him,” he ordered Beck. “What is it that you’re not telling me, Sadie?”

“Devin is just the weak link. My brother wants to destroy him for choosing me and changing his loyalty to you. He didn’t take it lightly. Devin knows his dirty little secrets that he can use against him. I know how Jasper thinks, but Devin and I are just pawns for him—the Achilles heel. His main objective is coming after you.”

“What is that he wants for Cenric?” Beck asked.

“I heard my father once that my brother is not capable of running his business or organization, whatever it is. Of course, since I was born, I’m out of his preferences. Women can’t lead. That’s what he believed in.”

My husband chuckled, “And he thinks I’m a perfect choice? I’m running my empire. I don’t need his dirty little businesses,