Remembering their last meeting at the coffee shop, Sonya’s message was obvious. There would be consequences if she were to make any further contact with Lucian. 

I hadn’t actually met up with that man since that time.

Roxanne had, in actuality, went as far as to make plans to relocate overseas with her children once her business in Chanaea was concluded.

Hence, the timing of Sonya’s decision to strike at her now benefitted no one, not even Sonya herself.

Roxanne’s head was throbbing ...