"I want you to leave Bella alone. Stop trying to find her," Reid's voice boomed through the phone, a clear declaration of his intent cutting through the air.
There was a brief pause, the silence covered with tension, before Richard Livingston's voice crackled through the line, sharp and incisive. "Reid, this is not a game. Bella is my daughter. I have every right as she disgraced my name. Do you imagine the media mess that we are in right now? Plus, I had to see in the press that you married her, without even our approval!!! How am I supposed to answer all the coming questions, especially from all our social circle?!"
Richard's words sliced through the air like a knife, each syllable laced with an implicit threat. But Reid was not one to back down, especially when it concerned Bella.
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