Cassian didn’t move.
“She stole a hundred-million-dollar deal from your files and handed it to Vincent!”
Still nothing from him.
“You call that love?”
Juliet’s breath caught silently.
“A hundred fucking million, Cassian.”
Elias’s voice cracked through the room, sharp with disbelief as he stared at Cassian. “Those goons broke your shoulder when she switched your auction documents with fakes.”
Cassian only gave a faint shrug, as if the words carried no weight at all. He leaned back slightly, rolling the tension out of his uninjured shoulder like it was nothing more than an inconvenience.
“She can take whatever she wants from me.I’m hers.What does it matter if she steals a few deals from our fortune? In the end, it’s all going to be hers anyway.”
Elias let out a short, humorless laugh, but it died halfway in his throat. His hands lifted in frustration before dropping again, fingers curling tightly at his sides as he struggled to keep control.
“You’re insane,” he muttered, stepping closer. “You even went and picked a fight with Silas’s men over that deal to protect her—” his voice rose sharply, cutting through the air, “—and you almost lost your fucking life.”
The last words echoed in the room.
Elias stopped right in front of him now, eyes blazing. “How do you call any of this romantic?”
Cassian gave a careless shrug, looking completely unimpressed by Elias's frustration. He leaned one shoulder against the wall and slipped a hand into his pocket, as though they weren't having a serious conversation at all.
"Just mind your fucking business, will you?"
His tone was dismissive, almost indifferent, but the slight tightening of his jaw betrayed his irritation.
Elias stared at Cassian for several seconds before letting out a disbelieving laugh.
"She hates you."
The words didn't seem to affect Cassian in the slightest.
Instead, a faint smile touched his lips.
A smile that only made Elias look more horrified.
"I love her. That's enough."
His answer came so quickly that it was obvious he had never needed to think about it.
The smile deepened slightly as his gaze drifted toward the bed.
"And she loves me too."
Elias looked ready to argue.
Cassian beat him to it.
"She just hasn't figured it out yet."
A strangled sound escaped Elias's throat.
Cassian continued as though his conclusion was the most reasonable thing in the world.
