Christian reeled, his hand going up to his throbbing face. His instinctive reaction was to punch back, but he knew that he owed Luc a free one and let it go. He opened and closed his jaw to test if it was broken, but luckily it was just stiff.
“I deserved that,” he acknowledged, and the words seemed to infuriate Luc even more. When the man drew back for another punch, Christian felt the need to warn him, “But the second one won’t be free.”
The warning made Luc hesitate.
“I hope you will come to understand that I never meant to disrespect you or your family, Luc,” Christian explained. “But the solution to Camile’s pregnancy isn’t marriage. We’d both be miserable, and as a consequence, the child would suffer too.”
“I don’t want to hear any more of your pathetic excuses, Greys.” Luc refus
