Chapter 43

“Eden," he told her, "Ivan was a selfish brute, an insensitive monster. He seduced you knowing he was going to abandon you. He had nothing to do with you, nothing at all. When he got what he wanted, he abandoned you, because the last thing he wanted in his life was an omega in love, who had expectations of him. And the best way to do that was to be as cruel as possible, to wound your heart and soul, just as he had previously bruised your body.”

“Was he lying to me? I mean, he... Had he planned it this way from the start?” Eden asked, on the verge of tears. 

Yet Ivan had become angry with Eden. It couldn't have been fake, could it? mused the young omega.

“Of course it was! I'm not lying to you, Eden. I don't know according to which canon of beauty you think you're ugly, but I find you charming, adorable and graceful. I desire you, and you can believe me.”

" Adorable?"

“Oh, I believe you, Ian, but…”

Eden could see it in his eyes, which he found sple