Lirael's POV

I barely stopped myself from flinging my phone against the wall. This. This was why I wasn’t interested in relationships. I had tried to do the right thing, and look where it had gotten me. I shoved my chair back and stood, striding to the window and looking out at New York spread below me.

Maybe it was better if she ended it anyway. I had too much going on with work at the moment, and spending so much time with one woman might have been a novelty, but that was always going to ...