Chapter 14

Inside Tristan's office, the light was stark and cold. Spread out before him were documents detailing how Cassie had been secretly driving a wedge between him and Annabel. Among them was a stack of documents delivered by a private investigator, which included photos, recordings, transfer records, and even the testimonies of those thugs from back then. "It was Ms. Lawrence who hired us. She told us to stage a show, and she'd pay us well…" "She told us to pretend to harass her, but we were never supposed to actually touch her..." "She said as long as Mr. Morse believed it, there would be extra payment afterward..." Tristan's knuckles turned white, his eyes swirling with an unreadable storm. From beginning to end, it had all been Cassie's self-orchestrated act. He had personally thrown the woman he loved into the abyss. When the bodyguards escorted Cassie into the office, she was still wearing that coy smile. "Tristan, why were you in such a hurry to see me…" She barely got the