She put her hand up, stopping him. “Do not come near me Michael. And after today, I want you to never enter a room in which I am already in, and I will do the same. Are we clear? I do not wish to breathe the same air as you. Ever again.”
Michael shook his head. “We still have an agreement, Elise. Our families still expect a marriage to take place and I am not breaking our betrothal.”
“I already have. There is no longer an agreement between us. I called you here to discuss what we are to tell my brother. I don’t care what you think of me, but I don’t want my nephew growing up without his father. If Ren suspected what you did, he’d call you out. On the off chance that he might get injured or worse, I am telling you, Lord Camden, my brother is to never know what you did.”
He sucked in a br
