Chapter 7
I sat up slowly and asked, “Did you two fight?”
Callum took my hand, his fingers running over it again and again. His voice, though low, was thick with rage.
“The police said the driver who tried to run you down got a large sum of money. The transfer came from Caryn. She wanted
to kill you.”
A chill swept through me. My body broke out in a cold sweat as I remembered the rain–soaked night–how close I had come
to death.
I always knew Caryn disliked me because she liked Callum. But I never imagined she’d want me dead.
Shivering, I turned my head slowly. “Where is she now?”
He pressed his lips together, silent for a long while before answering. “At the police station.”
I stood outside the station. Callum followed close behind.
We both needed to give our statements.
Once that was done, I asked to see Caryn.
She hadn’t been extradited yet. When she saw me, her expression barely changed. She let out a faint laugh.
“What a shame. If I had stalled a little longer, you’d be dead by now.”
My eyes shifted from the silver handcuffs up to hers. “Why?”
She stared past me for a while, making sure Callum wasn’t nearby. Only then did her eyes redden–not with sorrow, not regret, but something darker.
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“Why?” Her voice shook with fury. “I love Callum. But all he ever saw was you! I even drugged him to have a chance with him, but even in that state–he still remembered to call you! I was gone for ten minutes, just long enough to dispose of the evidence, and when I came back, you were in his bed!
“Diana, I stood outside your door the whole damn night. You have no idea how much I hated you.”
Then she started laughing. That broken kind of laugh that drips with bitterness.
“But you left before he even woke up. That gave me the chance to crawl into bed with him, and to this day, he still thinks the woman he slept with that night was me.”
Her voice rose with each word, dragging me back to that chaotic night.
The moment I had stepped into Callum’s room, he pulled me into his arms. He had called my name. His voice was rough, like
he was in pain.
