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Kylian's POV

He was staring at me. “You can say you don’t have feelings for her, but I know you do. You don’t want to hurt her.”

“Of course, I don’t, but if she’s doing something behind my back to hurt me financially or personally, I can’t worry about whether or not she gets hurt. She put herself in the position, not me. When she chose to collude with my brother, she decided I didn’t matter.”

“I don’t want to piss you off, especially on your wedding day, but you have to consider the alternative,” he said.

“What alternative?”

“She could be exactly who she says she is. Your brother has told you he isn’t interested in stealing your birthright, and she’s told you she isn’t talking to Kieran. Don’t you think you owe it to yourself to at least listen to what they are saying?”

I scowled at him. “I owe it to myself not to get taken for a fool.” “That’s your pride talking. You’re going to ruin this relationship if you

let that giant ego of yours get in the way. Listen to reason. You sound like