Chapter 25 Three Heartbeats

• Christian
• Bringing Claire into the house had been a mistake. I knew it the moment I stepped inside with her, the moment I saw Derrick’s disgusted expression, the way his lips pressed into a thin line, his jaw twitching as though he wanted to say something but held himself back.
• The way Sophia hadn’t even looked at me. That—that was what unsettled me the most. She had sat there, calm, composed, eating her breakfast like she hadn’t spent the night hearing another woman in my bed. Like she hadn’t cared at all.