Chapter 54
Navine's POV
I know Nathaniel very well. We've shared everything since birth — the same face, the same DNA, the same twisted sense of competition that's defined our entire relationship.
And I know that if Nathaniel notices I have any atom of feeling for Hailey, he would likely try and sleep with her.
That must never happen.
"I do not have feelings for Hailey," I said out loud to my empty office, pacing back and forth in front of the windows.
I do not have feelings for Hailey.
I repeated it like a mantra, like saying it enough times would make it true. Like I could fool myself into believing the lie if I just committed to it hard enough.
But my split knuckles throbbed with every heartbeat, a constant reminder of what I'd done. Of how I'd lost control. Of the rage that had
