CASSIAN'S POV
I shouldn’t be here, not like this.
But I am, and I can’t stop feeling like I’ve let her down.
She holds my gaze for what feels like an eternity. Her brows crease in a frown and I expect her to curse me out.
To call me a heartless monster. But she just shrugs and says, “Okay then. Congratulations.”
Her back turns, leaving me confused.
“Is that all?” I ask.
“What do you want? A cookie?”
I don't know what I was expecting. Did I want her to grovel and beg me not to marry another woman?
Maybe I wanted to see that jealous light in her eyes. Anything to fuel my decision to get out of this.
“It wasn't supposed to happen this way. The date got—”
“I don't care about that, Mr Cross. All of this could have been an email.”
“Nina…”
She whirls around, hands folded.
“What
