Kaius held the phone so tight his fingers turned white. He didn't dare drop it. It was the only thing he had left of Meela.
Brianna had never been forced to marry anyone. She'd married her ex-husband for his money.
And Meela had tried to tell him.
The night she'd knocked on his door, she'd been trying to warn him.
And he'd drugged her.
Kaius laughed bitterly.
The next second, he slapped himself hard across the face. Then again. And again.
Tears fell onto the bedsheets.
He'd lost Meela. He'd lost the best thing that had ever happened to him.
And it was all his fault.
He didn't know how long he lay there crying. Eventually, he fell asleep.
The next morning, he was woken up by a phone call.
"Kaius Goldwin?" It was Brianna's ex-husband. "Brianna owes me five million dollars. And si
