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"I don't want this anymore."

"We have a contract."

"What?"

"I insisted that we terminate the contract, but you needed a safety net. Your suspicion of me is now my weapon."

"Are you going to force me to fulfill the contract?"

"Don't doubt it for a second. I will never force you to have sex with me, but you won't just disappear from my life because you decided to. I don't give up on what I want, Madison, and I want you. I'll only throw in the towel when you look at me, not with fear, but in a way that convinces me we can't be together anymore because you don't love me."

Zeus

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

I don't knowhow to handle feelings. I deal more or less well with emotions, but I have no idea what to do with what I'm feeling right now. It's a mix of being repeatedly stabbed in the chest and burning.

No. It'spain.

Furious pain, uncontrollable, like I'm being torn apart by something.

I'm not good at forgiving, and that includes myself, but I'll do whatever it takes to get her back.

After I leave Madison's house, I head straight toSIN,even though I have no desire to go to that place. Ares called me, saying that we needed to talk and what he had to say was serious and could only be said in person.

When I arrive, it isn’t only him there but Hades, Dionysus, and Odin.

"How is she?" Ares asks.

"I don't wanna talk about that. What’s so serious that everyone is here?"

"Are you sure it's safe to talk?" Odin asks.

"Yes,” Ares replies. “Due to the secrecy we need to maintain, there is a daily sweep for bugs here in the office."

After everyone is seated, I say, "Can any of you explain to me what the hell is going on? I have a fucking headache and I wanna go home as soon as possible."

On the way to the club, after Clark gave me the names of the employees who laughed at the scandal that Madison was the victim of, I ordered him to send everyone to the human resources department, including my secretary. She, more than anyone, having worked with me for years, should not have been such a bitch. Those present knew that Madison was my girlfriend, and disrespecting her as they did is unforgivable.

"Adriel is dead," Ares replies.

"The choreographer?"

He nods. "The police found his body. They informed his aunt, who called me, knowing he was my employee."

"I'm sorry about your employee, but what does it have to do with me?"

"He wassupposedlyassaulted and murdered, Zeus."

"I still don't understand."

"Ares called me as soon as he found out," Odin interjects. "I have . . .specialmethods that don't require court orders to check cell phone records, and I made some interesting discoveries."

"Understood. You hacked his phone. And what did you find out?"

"He was the one who told old Gordon that Madison worked here. There have been several calls from him to Emerson's private line in recent days."

"Are you sure about that?"

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