"I already asked you not to get mad," Ellen murmured.
Varian's hands fell to his side as his eyes blinked multiple times. "How can you do this?" His voice was void of emotion, so she could not tell if he was angry at her. "I thought we were in a relationship," he asked, looking up at her. His gaze pierced her soul so deeply she was now feeling regret.
"We are"
"Then?" he asked. She could hear the unspoken words of him demanding an explanation, and he deserved it. Maybe she should have just told him; even though she did not want to shift the blame, she could have told him if she had seen him in the morning.
"Ronan is in town," she said. She did not want any misunderstanding since they just started dating.
"And you have to go see him? Why?" Varian asked. He had come with the flowers bec
