r with a blank expression as ol

had confessed that she liked him and told him that his family background and social standing did not matter to her. She cared about him

ward had been a

he toyed with for two months before throw

ballroom, with every one of hi

with cold mockery. "Kristopher, did you really think I would fall for a

er love

still cut deeply whene

through the room as he stood

ead, she turned her back on him and left, her heels striking the marble flo

ow been overtaken by what he witness

pped up in Kristop

the skin beneath her eyes. Those same beautiful eyes that had once held so

living well these

tubbornly in his mind. Finally, Kristopher exhaled

ame from the other end of the line. He owned the Nocturn

e women who work a

. "Who is she? And how hot is she tha

er hesitated briefly. "I nee

other end. Then came the loud cr

ally understood that Kr

s? After all these years, you

ionship was just an arrangement between the two of them. During the six years he ha

der Brody was

ristopher s

n't you tell me? I can have her

't lik

his tone completely devoid o

silent fo

est thing imaginable. "Your enemy? With all the ways you cou

gave him no

me colder. His patience wa

send it or not?"

uch juicy gossip slip away. He immediatel

l and dropped his phone

n colorful blurs. His reflection stared back in

ely

, so much so that he wanted to drag he

as like to be humiliated in front of

g he had endured over the past six years, until she finally understood t

eant eve

eally was

e truth he had k

she was also the only w

nted his dreams for six long years, leaving him to wake up i

Brody had sent him

e displayed on the screen. It felt pa

tarted the engine and dr

anation? An apology? Or perhaps he simply needed to hear her c

ng he was sure of. He

at she had owed him for the past