Damien’s POV.
The drama between Vanessa and me didn't end that morning; it stretched on like a bad soap opera, following us through the entire day. At some point, we weren't even discussing anymore; we were just shouting, throwing words at each other like grenades, waiting to see which one would finally explode.
"Were you sent to frustrate me?" I barked, my patience finally snapping.
"I should be asking you that!" Vanessa's voice climbed higher, sharper. "You got me pregnant for the second time, and now you want to go shack up with your ex-wife on some 'God knows what' mission? Look here, young man, if you plan to leave me with this pregnancy while you flirt with Aria and sleep with her under the guise of 'fulfilling the will', then you must be out of your damn mind!"
"Can you not
