Burn Me Once, Burn With Me novel Chapter 557

Bennett explained the context as Cassian scrolled through the evidence, his face growing darker with every frame. His expression hardened from grim to thunderous.

Even if the footage was slightly blurry and couldn’t definitively prove Gennifer was behind the leak, it was more than enough to completely exonerate Ruby. Gennifer and Morgan had been in collusion from the start—one targeting Ruby, the other targeting Veyne & Co. itself.

The realization hit Cassian with the force of a physical blow, and a tremor ran through his arm. Guilt, shame, and regret churned in his gut, a tidal wave of emotion that rose in his throat and threatened to suffocate him.

He had been wrong.

Ruby… he had truly, unforgivably, wronged her.

A knife twisted in his gut. At that moment, he wished it had been him sentenced to a year in prison, not her. He had seen the records from her time inside—the bitter cold, the physical strain of her pregnancy, the relentless humiliation and isolation from the other inmates. And all of it… all of it was because he had trusted the wrong person. No wonder she hated him. No wonder.

If he had only believed her, just for a moment, would they have ended up here?

He pressed a hand to his chest, his entire posture slumping as if the life had been drained from him.

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