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Theo shoved her aside and stormed into Adrian Vaughn’s office.

Adrian stood near his desk, calm and composed, sipping his coffee. He didn’t even flinch at Theo’s intrusion. Instead, he looked at him with a bored, unamused glare.

The sunlight behind him outlined his chiseled jaw and cold eyes. He didn’t flinch.

“What the hell is your problem?” Theo barked, slamming the door behind him. “Why are you doing this to my company? What the fuck did I ever do to you?”

Adrian raised a brow and took a slow sip from his coffee cup, giving a cold shrug. “It’s just business,” he said smoothly. “I’m in the car industry too. I like the same deals you do, and I can offer more. Isn’t that how business works?”

“Bullshit!” Theo growled, his fists clenched. “You own a damn empire. You don’t care about small deals like this. Don’t treat me like an idiot. Tell me the fucking truth.”

Adrian placed the cup back on the table and slowly stepped toward him. His voice stayed calm, but his eyes darkened.

“I already did. It’s business. I happen to like the same deals as you. I can offer more. That’s how the game works.”

Theo’s jaw tightened.

Adrian moved even closer, his tone dropping.

“A man should be stronger than you, Theo.” He glared at him, voice colder now. “And if you’re half as smart as you pretend to be, you already know why I’m doing this, don’t you?”

Theo’s lips curled in disgust. “Sienna.”

Adrian didn’t respond. His silence said everything.

Theo’s rage boiled over. “Sienna made it clear she wants nothing to do with you! She’s with me now, and she’s not leaving my side!”

Adrian’s sharp features twisted with anger. His eyes burned.

“Yes,” he snapped. “She’s with you. She’s loyal. She’s staying by your side without a word of complaint, but what are you doing to her?”

“I’m not taking advantage of her!” Theo growled. “She understands me. She knows what we have. It’s our life. Our choice!”

Adrian stepped closer until they were face to face. His voice was low, dangerous.

“And because she understands you, you’ve been bleeding her dry! She’s been slaving after you as your wife, Theo. Giving up everything, standing by you, holding you together. You’ve taken her for granted because she’s kind. Because she loves you.”

His fists clenched.

“I won’t let anyone hurt her anymore. I won’t stand by and watch you destroy her. I don’t care who she loves. Even if it’s not me, I’ll protect her.”

Outside the office, Sienna leaned against the wall, her heart pounding. She had never wanted the two men to face each other. But Adrian had forced it. He’d cornered Theo into the shadows.

Theo’s voice thundered from inside. “You’re the last person who should be saying that. When she loved you, you abandoned her! And now that she’s married to me, suddenly you can’t let her go? You think this is love? You’re just possessive, you’re treating her like she’s some fucking prize you lost. You’re ruining my company, hurting my family, doing all this behind her back while pretending to be the good guy in front of her. What excuse will you give when she finds out?”

His voice dropped, hard and bitter. “You can take everything I have, destroy everything I’ve built, but I’ll never let you drag Sienna into your mess. She willnevercome back to you.”

Adrian snapped.

He grabbed Theo by the collar, dragging him close.

His voice thundered in the room.

“Not just Sienna,” he snarled. “I’m going to take every fucking thing from you, Montgomery!”

Sienna, standing outside the door, clenched her teeth.

‘Everything you did until now, it was all fake,” she thought, her chest tightening with every word running through her mind. “You were just setting a trap for me because you were angry that Theo took me away. And I—” her lips trembled, “how can I be so stupid, falling for your fake feelings over and over again?”