My phone slipped from my trembling fingers and clattered to the floor. The screen still glowed, the sounds from the video growing clearer and more damning with every passing second.
Darius's face blanched. He glanced down, saw what was playing, and his mouth fell open, pale and stricken, reaching uselessly for words.
My eyes burned. I stooped and picked up the phone, my hand steady as stone. "You two had a wonderful time last night, didn't you?"
Darius stiffened. "You… you had me investigated?"
A wave of revulsion rolled through me. "If I hadn't, when were you planning to tell me?"
"Seren, listen—"
Before he could finish, I struck him across the face. Hard.
"I will not listen!" I forced my tears back, refusing to let them fall.
A bright red imprint bloomed i
