After hanging up, he stood frozen in place for a long time, his face ghostly pale.
It wasn't until the phone screen went completely dark that he finally believed it... Kiara was truly married. Just two years ago, right after the wedding that should have been theirs, she had become someone else's wife.
Alistair, utterly devastated, cancelled every single wedding arrangement. When he got home and pushed open the door, Ruby was in the living room playing with the child.
Hearing the sound, she looked up at him. "Aren't you supposed to be at the wedding? Why are you back? Don't tell me... Kiara refused to marry you?"
That remark was like a needle, stabbing right into the most painful part of Alistair's heart.
"Shut your mouth!" Alistair whirled around, his eyes bloodshot. "This is all your
