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“This isn’t a fairy tale,” I tell the twins. “The priority is and has always been to protectherat all costs and that goes without saying, even long after I’m beneath the clay of this world, is that understood?”

Ty and Kai glance at each other then they look back at me, all serious.

“Yes, sir.”

Just as I have done all these years, I’ll continue to do, no matter the cost.

CHAPTER 5

Ivy

That was insane!

I wasn’t planning any of that. Not toying with Emmett or pushing his buttons, driving him up the wall, and then completely falling apart by punching his chest in a blind rage.

But more than that, I wasn’t planning on what happened after.

A baby?

The look of utter horror on his face the moment I said that made my stomach drop.

That look will haunt me for the rest of my life. The utter disgust I saw, all at the thought of creating a life with me… it was so stark in his eyes.

My heartbreak only grew worse.

But I had already tossed it out there. No way I was going to back out now.

I know I could’ve asked for an infinite number of other things, but in that moment of raw honesty and intimacy with Emmett, that just came out of me.

Almost immediately, I could envision a green-eyed chubby, gorgeous baby with curly black hair so clearly, my heartstrings tugged tightly.

Then I made the mistake of looking at the potential sperm donor and my rage ignited like no other.

He lookeddifferent… at least from his usual composed self.

Emmett is never riled up.Noah calls him an iceberg for a reason.

He’s almost always very calm, infinitely impassive to the point of stoicism.

But most of all, he’s never bothered with explaining himself to someone as meager as me before.

Well, I’m not backing out of this!

It’s not like I’m asking him to raise the child with me. As a matter of fact, I want nothing to do with him from now on.

It’s just, there are some desires I’ve always had that I can’t easily part with. One of them was having a family of my own with the man I was in love with.

“Idiot,” I mutter to myself.

The danger of wearing a mask isbelievingthe mask.

And Emmett wears one so well, the world not only believes his refined tranquility and sophisticated, unbothered nature, they adore him for it!

But the truth is, he’s much more vicious than he lets on.

He’s cold-blooded, with a dark side I peeked at today… and responded to in ways I never thought possible.

He told me he doesn’t feel anything for me, but then turns around and claims me as his and dares me to try and go against him? What was that?

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