Page 147 of Never Sleep with the Enemy

“I don’t know where we’ll go,” I say, answering the question forming in my head. “Somewhere off the grid, just until I figure out our next move?—”

“Logan,wait.”

I slam my fist into a pillow, rage bursting to the surface. “I can’t believe he did it,” I growl. “I did everything he asked and hestill?—”

“No. Logan.” Her voice cuts clean through my fury. “Monroe didn’t leak the story.”

I freeze, breathing hard, hands trembling.

“I did,” she says.

My world tilts. Emotions hit like a freight train—confusion, betrayal, heartbreak.

“It’s okay, Logan,” Tesla says softly. “This is for the best.”

“For the best?” I round the bed, eyes locked on her. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“This wasn’t fair to you,” she says. “We both know he wouldn’t stop. Monroe would’ve kept using you. Holding it over our heads. You’d never be free of him. But now? He’s got nothing.” She smiles. “Now, you and Katrina can be together.”

“Tesla.” Her name scrapes past my throat. “That’s why you did this?”

“You two deserve happiness. You deserveeach other.”

“No.” My heart slams against the walls of my chest. “You shouldn’t have?—”

“It wasmysecret to tell, Logan. It’s done,” she says, hard and defiant.

“No, there’s... therehasto be something else we can do! Something that’ll?—”

My words die as Tesla wraps her arms around me, pulling me into a hug that feels like both a goodbye and an apology.

“This isn’t right,” I whisper into her shoulder.

“Depends on who you ask.” Her voice is quiet. Calm. “But it’ll be okay. You’ve sacrificed so much for us. Let me do this for you.”

I hold her tighter. “After everything you’ve worked for...”

“It’ll still be there when I get out,” she says, too light for the weight of what she means. “In... twenty-five-to-life.”

“You’re not going to jail, blue,” Goldie cuts in, standing near the door.

With Knox.

I finally notice him leaning against the wall, watching.

I don’t bother turning away. What’s the point? He’s heard enough. The rest he can read onGossipa.

“Congratulations, Knox,” I mutter. “Looks like you win after all.”

Knox scrunches his face. “What?”

“Yeah,what?” Goldie echoes.

Even Tesla frowns at me.

“The Battle’s off,” I say, firm. “We’re not doing anything until we figure this out.”

Knox scoffs. “Oh,fuck that.”

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