Chapter 90

“You believe the things she says about me?” she whimpers like a child, switching on doe eyes and blinking at him expertly. I have seen this face a million times; it’s her victim act, and she is damned good at it. It wounds me to the core.

“Emma has never lied to me, and I know she never will. I met Ray Vanquis; I beat the shit out of him and would do it to every guy you ever let touch her.” The malice in his voice wipes away her expression instantly. Gulping back unsurely, she slowly stands.

“I think you should both leave. I’ve nothing else to say.” Her expression may look unaffected, but her voice wobbles and her hands tremble as she crosses them across her waist in such a PA Emma way.

“Emma deserves so much more of a mother than you,” he growls, his temper let loose, the vibration of rage rippling through his body. “Your daughter is scarred to hell because of the shit you let her endure. Everything she became was a coping mechanism to blank it all out. You’ve no