Chapter 77. Betrayal

I felt like the world had shattered as I heard his explanation.

I held onto my chest, feeling how it tightened because of mixed shock and anger.

“That… That’s not true,” I whispered, my voice trembling as I shook my head. “You’re just making things up. You don’t want to see me being happy with River, so you went here to tear us apart…”

As I said those words, I couldn’t even hear my voice because of how low it was.

I was convincing myself that it wasn’t true, but my intuition tells me that Hans was telling the truth.

And that is what’s hurting me the most.

“Come on, Serenity.” Hans chuckled. “Are you trying to tell that to me, or are you trying to convince yourself that River is the same person you thought he would be?”

I didn’t answer. No… I couldn’t.

It felt like my voice had left my throat already. I couldn’t even find the strength to stand properly as I felt like I could stumble down at any time.

“I may be psychotic in your ey