Lyra’s POV
‘You should at least listen to his side of the story,’ Angel said pleading with her eyes.
Angel had arrived a day before with Phil and she had been on my neck about allowing River to explain himself. I had lost count of his missed calls and voice messages. Kobe had also called several times, but I refused to pick up.
My heart wasn't just broken, it was shattered beyond repair. River made our secret affair a public one and then went ahead to ridicule me in the presence of his fiancee and the stranger.
I didn't ever want to have anything to do with him. I had hidden my pain from my parents and Charlie but I had cried myself to sleep that night. The following morning, I had picked myself up and decided that I had finally had enough of being treated like trash by men. I would
