Miss Independent (BWWM - Book # 1 / Complete)

Chapter 48 - The Truth Will Be Revealed

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Bliss' POV

I wish I had looked through the peephole of the door. Why do I keep opening the door without looking?

"How can I help you?" I was not in the mood for Shane.

"Bliss, can we talk? I have something really important to tell you. Can I come in?"

"Now you want to talk?! After what you said to me twice last year, you want to talk?!"

I tried to close the door, but Shane stuck his foot in the door.

"You really need to hear what I have to say. And it involves Grayson."

"What if I don't want to hear it? And what do you mean it involves Grayson?"

"Bliss, trust me. You need to hear what Shane has to say. I asked Shane to come over," Andrea said as she walked over to the door.

"Fine!"

I opened the door and let Shane into my penthouse.

"Shane, Bliss will be right back." Andrea dragged me into the kitchen.

"Bliss, what Shane has to say is serious. Answer this - what did Grayson tell you before he left?"

"Grayson said he was going to a photo shoot."

"Did he tell you where the photo shoot was?"

"No, he didn't."

"That coward is hiding. You need to listen to Shane, Bliss."

"Okay. Okay."

"When you're ready, go into the living room. I'm going to my room."

I walked slowly because I still didn't have full strength in my legs. I sat on the couch and didn't say a word. Then, Shane started talking.

"I was blackmailed. And, I will tell you by who - Milena, Mikayla, Grayson, and my Aunt Judy. They threatened to kill you, and I would be there to watch them do it. I couldn't live with myself watching you die. That is why I broke up with you the way I did in your office in 2019. Once we were no longer together, Grayson would swoop in and start dating you. There was no way in heck I would start dating either Mikayla or Milena."

"Explain why Mikayla was with you in Barbados."

"I can't be any clearer regarding my feelings about Mikayla. I had no idea Mikayla was in Barbados. You know full well that I could not stand Mikayla. I would NEVER, EVER date her or anyone else. I loved you, Bliss. I still do. You mean the world to me. We were supposed to be married with a baby on the way now."

"How do I know you aren't making it up?! Grayson would never hurt me. He told me he loved me."

I started walking slowly toward the kitchen, and Shane followed me. Then, he sat me on the counter.

"Grayson's feelings could be love or lust. I did what I did to save your life. I was not going to let you die!! I had no choice!! Do you think it was easy for me to break up with you?! I was and am hurting too! I cried like crazy after you left my building! While on the way home from the airport that day you left for Milan, I received phone calls from an unknown number saying they were going to kill you!! They forced and threatened your friend Jillian to place hidden cameras in your office to make sure that I did break us up."