Although Arnav half-shouted at her and his fury was as clear as day with the anger in his voice reverberating through the room like a crashing storm. Raellyn stood still unmoving, unshaken. She appeared perfectly calm. There was a strange serenity in her eyes, a calm that almost seemed cruel in its defiance. She didn’t flinch. She didn’t retreat. She merely stared at the man she had vowed to love, her voice soft but resolute.
“Well, what else was I supposed to do?” she replied, her tone quiet yet brimming with unspoken pain. “You gave me no choice, Arnav.”
Her words floated in the charged silence like the aftermath of a lightning strike. Still burning, still dangerous.
“I tried to reach you but I couldn’t get close to you at all,” she continued, her gaze never leaving his. “You put up w
