“Rosemary, wait!”

Markus’s voice echoed through the hallway of Montgomery Corp, but Rosemary didn’t stop. Her heels struck sharply against the marble floor, each step carrying the weight of fury and heartbreak.

She brushed off Markus’s hand as he tried to stop her. “Don’t hold me back, Markus. I need to hear the truth from his own mouth!”

Markus looked at her with concern. “Rose, Adrian isn’t in a good state right now. If you go in there like this, you’ll just make things worse—”

“Nothing’s worse than being betrayed again,” Rosemary snapped, eyes blazing through tears. “I lost everything because of Cassandra once. I won’t let it happen again.”...