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“You think I can’t decide for myself what’s in my own best interest?”
“I think,” Edward said slowly, “that you’re used to acting without consequence."
His words landed with more force than he’d probably intended.
“Every action has a consequence, perhaps not immediately, and perhaps not in the way you expect, but there is always a reckoning. Always.” There was a quiet intensity in his voice, a tethered fire in his dark eyes that warned of consequences no ledger could account for, discretions far more serious than Arthur’s flippant dismissal of company plans.
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Or: There are consequences neither of them bargained for.