A stunned silence filled the small space between them.
The words that came out of her mouth the next second were automatic. She didn’t think twice. She just spat them out before she could think any further.
“You’re joking,” she said in disbelief.
Christian raised an eyebrow. “Do I look like I’m joking to you?”
“Do you think you’re even a trustworthy individual in the first place?” she snapped. “You’ve been manipulating people half your life. What makes you think that I can even trust that this ‘truth’ isn’t a deception on your part?”
He expelled a long-suffering sigh, as though she was the one who was being unreasonable. The nerve. “I can’t do anything about it if you don’t believe me,” he stated. “However, you must know. Deep inside your heart… you already had an inkling, didn’t you?
