Damian froze, as if he hadn't heard me correctly. Then, he let out a scoff that echoed gratingly in the empty private dining room.
"Are you threatening to break off the engagement? Evelyn, how childish can you be?" he sneered. "You want to break off the engagement over a trivial matter like this? Who do you think you are without me? Without the Hale family's resources and my network, do you honestly believe you can survive in the business world? What an absolute joke!"
"I'm not threatening you. I'm serious," I replied, looking at him with eyes devoid of affection, filled only with utter disappointment and cold detachment. "I don't want to marry someone who doesn't care whether I live or die. And I certainly don't want to spend the rest of my life with someone who helps an outsider harm m
