Chapter 23

------ (Lena's POV) -----

Would he really had let me go if I had agreed?

The question stayed on my mind for the next few days. The fact that Damien gave me a choice came as a huge surprise to me.

There was something else I had noticed. Aurora was hardly ever present in the dining room. Most times, both chairs are left empty, and other times, Nate is present and she is not. Many times I had wanted to ask where she was, but then I remembered I had promised myself to stay away from their businesses, a promise I wasnt sure I would keep for long.

I couldn't believe my parents thought they could have me back after all they did. It was a shock even to me that I chose to be with Damien. They believed he had messed with my head so badly that I was forever attached, but I would do anything to wipe away that knowing look on my mothers face. I hated it. The girl she knew and predicted, the girl they could bend into their will was long gone.

I knew that with them