DAMON’S POV
Alyssa looked at me as if she was expecting me to save her from the torture that Arianna was putting her through. How could she even expect me to defend her in front of everyone when I already told her that I had no intention of keeping her? Arianna was doing exactly what I had been expecting her to do. And Alyssa’s fate was decided long before she even delivered herself to me, and it can never be changed.
I had already made my decision and made my choice, and going back on that decision would make me look like a king who didn’t know what he wanted. But then again, I didn’t even want to change my mind. A lot was riding on this, and I was only realizing now what a genius I was. I mean, onlookers would say that I had planned this whole thing and made sure it went the way that i
