Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 443

Chapter 443 Disbelief

His voice dropped low, heavy as iron, cold as a cutting wind.

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During the time Tess had been gone, Finn had poured every spare moment into studying her day’s in prison.

Every detail of her suffering stabbed him open like a knife carving flesh.

But no matter how much it tore at him, the charge pinned to her name remained. She had been accused of stealing Lock Group’s secrets. That truth stood like stone.

Lately, his doubts had sharpened until they cut him raw. Tonight, all his doubts hardened into certainty.

The veins on the back of his hand bulged with rage.

“You swore you loved her. And this is what you did to her?”

Each word struck Max like hot metal branding his skin.

Max trembled, but his head lifted high. The fire in his eyes burned stubborn and wild. His voice cracked with pride. “So what if I did? I came out on top. Hunt Group is the second biggest company in Aetheris now. Tess is free. You two are divorced. Even if the child is yours, she’ll never let you have it. She will never let the child call you father. If she agrees, she can be Hunt Group’s queen today. All I did was let her sit in a cell for a year. Big deal.”

The words clawed into Finn’s chest like nails. His fury exploded.

His fist swung and slammed into Max’s face. The punch landed square on his nose with brutal force.

Max’s head whipped to the side. A stream of hot blood gushed down his face.

He blinked through the daze. His hand lifted to his nose. His fingers smeared thick blood across his skin. His expression twisted.

“You hit me! What right do you have to hit me?”

His eyes glowed red, blazing with rage.

“Finn, stop pretending to be some hero. If you loved her, if you trusted her, then how did she end up in prison when you ran Lock Group?”

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The words pierced him straight through.

Finn’s chest tightened. His body gave a sudden shake. His nails bit deep into his palm.

It was true.

The one who had let her down the most, the one who had left her to suffer, was him.

Max saw it, the crack in his eyes. His lips curled in triumph.

“You feel guilty, don’t you? Ha! Finn, the mighty Finn, guilty for anyone but himself?”

His laughter rose sharp and cruel. But once it broke apart, emptiness seeped in.

His grin stiffened, then slowly dropped.

He had been plotting this since the moment he followed Tess to Krigan.

He had known she would reject him.

What he had not counted on was Finn tailing her too.

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On that trip, she had let Finn close, though reluctantly. She had taken his help. She had pushed Max away.

Jealousy ate through him like acid. It had driven him to crouch at the Lock Group gates tonight.

He could not accept

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He had clawed his way up, reshaping himself to be worthy of her. Yet even after her divorce, she still turned her face from him. She would rather rely on the man who had thrown her into a cell than take his hand.

The thought ripped him apart.

He could not stand for it, yet what could he do?

Finn had stood by while Nadine tormented her. Finn had failed her. In Max’s eyes, he was the

better man.

Unless she still loves Finn. If that’s true, what I do doesn’t matter.

The thought crushed him hollow. His fury drained into despair.

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Finn stood rigid, his eyes sparking like fire.

Max shoved himself upright. His steps dragged as he turned to leave.

Only his final words clung in the air.

“Finn, you and I are the same.”

The night grew darker.

The moonlight stretched their shadows long and thin against the ground.

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Morning spilled over Evermount Heights.

Max had not slept.

Black shadows stained the skin beneath his eyes.

“I’ll give you the kid. But you’ll meet one condition.”

One of his hands clutched Ken. The other knocked against the door.

Tess appeared, hair tousled from sleep, her eyes heavy. Her drowsiness broke the instant she saw him.

Her gaze turned sharp. Distrust hardened her face. She knew Max would never show kindness without a price.

He had once been her closest friend. She had leaned on him through her youth. But people changed. A year ago, she had seen his true nature.

“If you don’t hand him over, I’ll call the police. The decision is mine, not yours.”

Her voice was flat, cold as stone.

For a moment, Max’s empty eyes flickered. His stare wavered like smoke. But when it met Tess, light kindled in his gaze.

Then he smiled.

Yes. That was Tess. The woman he called his.

Sharp. Fearless.

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If Finn had never appeared, she and Max would have been perfect.

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Her lips pressed tight as she watched his sudden smile spread. She stepped back, cautious and tense. But her eyes flicked toward Ken, steady and calm, urging him not to fear.

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