Chapter 258

 “You-you're throwing me away?” It was hard for her to believe. She could barely hear above the clamors in her head.

“No. No, I'm not throwing you away. I would never throw you away,” he stated firmly.

“But you're stripping me from being your mistress. That's throwing me away.” She couldn't shout or even scream. It was too much for her to think that Lucien was actually throwing her away. The sense of betrayal she was feeling was too much.

He raised his hand and took hers into his. “I have been very selfish, Vetta. Please, forgive me for that. I realized all too late that I made a huge mistake placing the heavy burden of being a mistress on your shoulders fresh out of slavery. I should have never done that.”

Vetta could only look at his hand holding hers. At the back of her mind, her depraved body registered that it was actually the first time he's reached for her on his own in a very long time.

“If I didn't do that, I would have given you time to h