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Not a smirk. Not a warning. A calm, infuriatingly steady smile.

And Lauren? She hates it.

“You do whatever you need to do,” I say smoothly.

Lauren’s brows pull together.

I step forward, just slightly.

“But in the meantime?” My voice is calm. Too calm. “I’m going to spend every second proving you wrong.”

Lauren’s lips part, but no sound comes out. Because she expected rage. She expected a fight.

Not this.

Not certainty.

Not a man who refuses to play her game.

Kenzie smirks. “Sounds like a personal problem, Lauren.”

I bite back a chuckle. Lauren’s nostrils flare. Then, without another word she spins on her heel and walks away.

Marcus exhales a low laugh. “Well, that was fun.”

I shake my head, rolling out the tension in my shoulders.

Kenzie?

She just squeezes my hand. And doesn’t let go. Because we won. And Lauren?

She’s out of moves.

Chapter 45 – Kenzie

The courtroom is behind us.

Lauren is gone. And yet? Grant still feels the weight of it.

The fight is over. The threats, the legal battles. The fear. The exhaustion. It’s all done.

And Olivia?

She’s safe. She’s his.

I walk beside him, quiet. I haven’t let go of his hand. Not once.

And when we reach the parking lot—

I tug.

Just enough to turn him toward me. My green eyes search his face.

Waiting.

Watching.

And then, softly—

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