*Eason*

“I’m the one who was born to be with her.”

His voice was calm, matter-of-fact as if he were stating some undeniable truth. My mind struggled to process what I’d just heard, and I shot a glance at Lena, expecting her to be just as confused as I was. But instead, something darker flashed across her face.

The tension she’d been carrying, the fear, it all evaporated in an instant, replaced by a rage that I hadn’t ...