“No,” I said.

Victor raised an eyebrow. “Why not?”

“Because if I’d shown him the money, he’d have just hidden his true nature better. When Dominic believed I was powerless — when he thought I had no one behind me and nothing to fight back with — he showed me exactly what he was.

He showed me who he is when he thinks there are no consequences.”

I thought back to the freezing lobby. To Chloe sneering at my boots. To Dominic holding that microphone, ready to discard me to the wolves while stealing my child.

“Hiding my name was a painful mistake,” I admitted, turning to look my brother in the eye. “But it forced the rot to the surface before I wasted the rest of my life protecting a man who didn’t respect either of us.”