Chapter 223: Flashback – The Shattered Mirror
Author's POV (23 Years Ago)
Morgan bolted upright from the bed, his frame shuddering under the weight of a suppressed fury that threatened to incinerate everything. He approached Meredith with heavy, rhythmic steps that sounded like the fall of a hammer. His bare chest rose and fell with ragged, turbulent breaths.
In a swift, predatory motion, he seized her jaw in an iron grip, forcing her head up to meet gray eyes that had turned into smoldering embers of contempt.
"Other people?" he hissed through gritted teeth. "Is that your profession?"
Meredith let out a bitter, mocking laugh that shook her very core.
Despite the searing pain in her jaw under the crush of his fingers, she lifted her chin in defiance. "Yes, it's my job. The only thing that matters is the money. Are you going to pay, or not?"
