Chapter 6

Damon watched her tremble before him, the phone in her ear. Her eyes were soaked in fear. Even though he hadn't touched her yet, her eyes still glistened.

He knew he had put her up to make a hard decision: break up with the so-called Manuel or get punished, and now she was going to get punished for making him repeat himself.

"Break up with him," he grimaced, his tone stern.

She was sobbing hard now, her palm over her mouth as she tried to stifle the cry. She knew it wasn't going to be that easy to avoid punishment. But what he was asking her to do was just tricky.

She and Manuel had been together for two years now. Even though she didn't love him, they were still planning on getting married, and her secret reason was to leave her family.

So how could she tell him that she wanted them to be over?

"HELLO!" Manuel's voice filtered out of the phone. She blocked the speaker so he didn't hear what her maestro said.

"HELLO, BABY."