185. Lorenzo Everything was happening too fast that even I had a hard time keeping up. I hadn’t been myself since Athena walked out on our wedding night and the reappearance of Marissa. Everything had spiraled since then like a storm brewing with no sign of calming. My mate didn’t believe in me. And now, Javier was testing my patience like he always did. But this time, he had crossed a line he shouldn’t have. He thought he was untouchable, a fool as he had always been. But even fools learned their lesson when the right person delivered the pain. I had given him too many chances too many loopholes, let him slip through my fingers time and time again. But enough was enough. He was like an infection—one that refused to heal, festering, rotting, growing worse by the day. I often questione

