Chapter 18. I Didn’t Hate Kael

Lilith POV

“So you’re telling me that Kael, that bastard who always reassured you that the connection you shared was stronger than any mate bond, found his mate, cheated on you for a month without saying a word, and now his mate is pregnant? And that bitch made him choose between paying for your mother’s hospital bills or rejecting her and losing his unborn child?”

Theodore, my boss, asked in one breath, his cup of coffee frozen mid-way to his lips.

I had barely arrived at the restaurant for work, and before I could even step through the doorway, I was yanked into the kitchen and bombarded with questions about Kael. Now, standing before Theodore, explaining everything, I couldn’t help but relive that day all over again.

How I had stood in front of the man I loved as he told me he had betrayed me, as I found out that all the promises and words he’d whispered over the years were fake—nothing but empty lies. But then again, like I said, I couldn’t hate hi