Chapter 410

A tear slipped off her eye, then another, until it became like a steady flow, but she didn’t bother to wipe it off. There was no will in her to do that. She just wanted to let it out. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t stop thinking about how her life had undergone a 360 degree turn over the space of one month.

She couldn’t stop thinking about Derek and all their good times together. She couldn’t stop thinking about last night, about the hot sex they had had before his party. And lastly, she couldn’t stop thinking, couldn’t comprehend what and why he had done what he did, why he had humiliated her in front of his people, disregarding who they were to each other, and the silent vows she had made.

When she had rejected him at the party after his hurtful speech, she had felt a searing pain in her heart, a pain that had almost caused her to double over. She would have actually done so but for the remnant of her pride and dignity, not wanting to show them that h