Chapter 70. Subtle Apologies

Darius POV

‘It has never been okay with me all my life. It has never been accepted that I don’t worry, even for a second, even in my sleep. That’s why I’m Adolores, why I’m in anguish. It has never been okay with me. It has never been….’

As he listened to the words coming out from Brielle’s lips, Darius’s chest clenched uncomfortably.

The way she sounded, so wounded and helpless, tugged at his heartstrings, and he sniffed back a sob.

A sob? Darius blinked twice, attempting to persuade himself that he hadn’t thought about crying.

Eve, not Brielle, was the only lady he’d cried uncontrollably for without ever feeling humiliated.

Never again... He wouldn’t cry for Brielle because she didn’t mean much to him.

She was merely his second chance mate, a fortuitous gift bestowed upon him by the moon goddess, and for that, he was grateful, but to think he would break down and cry for her seemed ridiculous.

His subconscious, on the o