No Way Back Through the Fog novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22

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Jason was caught off guard, stumbling back several steps as blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

“Stay away from her!” Daniel stepped in front of Maya, his gaze sharp as a blade. His voice carried an undisguised warning. “Touch her again and I’m calling the police.”

Jason wiped the blood from his mouth, his dark gaze shifting to Daniel before settling on Maya. Her expression remained calm, as if none of this concerned her.

“I see…” Jason let out a cold laugh, complex emotions churning in his eyes. “So you left me because of him?”

Maya stood up, brushing nonexistent dust from her skirt, and said indifferently, “Don’t think too highly of yourself, Jason Reid. I didn’t leave you because of anyone else.”

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Jason’s pupils contracted. He felt as if he had been punched squarely in the chest, making it hard to breathe. “Then why did you leave? We were…”

“There is no ‘we.” Maya cut him off, finally looking up at him with eyes cold as ice.

“Jason, don’t you already know? Those three years I stayed by your side

“Even?” Jason’s voice was almost a snarl. “Maya, do you really think ere only for money and freedom. Now the deal’s over. We’re even.‘

“What else?” She laughed lightly. There was no warmth in her

eyes.

we can be even?”

you

Jason’s face went deathly pale, as if he’d been stabbed. He opened his think I loved you?”

mouth but found himself speechless.

She was right. She had never said she loved by bapa d

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Even when he hurt her time and again, she had only endured it in silence, never showing she cared. Yet he had foolishly believed that her gentleness and patience came from love.

Jason’s gaze turned dangerously dark, his fists clenching audibly. “Who the hell are you to interfere in our business?”

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