Page 113 of Wed to You

“Careful, Jagger.”

Jagger had almost forgotten Mitch was there.

“She wasn’t alone.” Mrs. Stanton stepped forward. “We wanted her to call Detective McKenna. We did it to protect you.”

“Then you all betrayed me.”

Chelsea reached out to place her hands on his chest, but he pulled back, shaking his head in disgust.

“We love you, Jagger. And Kaden. This is the only way you two still get to be together.”

Jagger looked at the woman he’d nearly let himself love. At the staff who he thought had his back no matter what. He felt dead inside. “You broke my heart.”

Chelsea closed her eyes. When she opened them, there was fierceness in them. “I know you’re hurting, Jagger, but this isn’t the end of the world. You haven’t lost Kaden. You don’t even know loss.” This time she pushed him. “You have a wife and staff and uncle who think the world of you. A friend who wants you to have freedom and happiness, and all you can think about is yourself. About what you lost. Except you’ve lost nothing. Kaden is here. You’re still in his life as long as you don’t do something stupid. You don’t know what it’s really like to lose the people you love. To not be able to tell them you love them. To hug them. To see them live life. You’re so rich on love, but you don’t even see it.”

“Get out.”

She jerked back. It took her a second, but she gathered herself. “That was the deal, wasn’t it?” She shook her head and walked out the door. A moment later, she walked back in. “I need my purse.”

Grayson went to the closet and retrieved it. “Shall I get your car, Mrs. Talbot?”

She shook her head. “No. Thank you, Grayson.” For some reason, that pissed off Jagger even more. His staff was siding with her.

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