And what she said made him stop where he stood.

She wasn’t talking about the girls like family.

She was talking about them like a problem.

An inconvenience.

Something temporary.

Something that needed to be… handled.

James didn’t move.

Didn’t interrupt.

He just listened.

And with every word, something inside him settled into a hard, clear truth:

This wasn’t the person he thought he was going to marry.

He didn’t yell.

Didn’t make a scene.

Instead, he waited.

And when the time came, he made sure the truth couldn’t be hidden anymore.

In a calm, controlled moment, he brought everything into the open—no accusations, no drama, just honesty that couldn’t be ignored.

Jenna didn’t deny it.

She couldn’t.

And that was enough.

Walking away wasn’t easy.

But it was simple.

Because for James, the choice had already been made.

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