NIRELLE

I did not know why or how, but I felt a tear drop down my face and trickle down to my cheeks. How did what he called me affect me this much? Lucien snatches the phone from my hand, and I turn to him. His jaws are clenched in anger; did he hear the conversation?

"You made my wife cry." I stay silent and try to listen to what Cory's response would be, but I can barely hear anything, and the tears are still falling down my face.

I know very well that to give Cory the life he deserves, I ...