Chapter 24. You're Good for Him

[Denali's POV]

I watch as my father fights to control his anger, but in the end, he doesn’t argue any further. Instead, he lets out a snarl while his eyes flash with anger before he turns and storms away.

It is only when he gets into his car and zooms off that I finally feel myself deflate while Winston watches on.

“You did good,” he murmurs, clapping my shoulder.

Did good… Did I really? Was staying with a man who clearly loved another and even lied to be with that other better than going back to my abusive home and being sold off to someone else? I didn’t know, but I made my bed, and now I needed to lie in it.

“I know you may have a hard time believing me,” he continues when I don’t speak. “But there is nothing coming on between Nadia and Rosco.”

“Even if there is, it isn’t any of my business,” I counter. “This wasn’t a marriage of love from the very start.”

That was the thing I needed to remind myself of again and again. Rosco and I