Chapter 27

Lucian

Ever since the kiss between Mara and Darian, I’d been distant with her. Guarded. I spent more time at the office than I

needed to.

Came home late. Slept little. Worked too much.

But the truth?

I couldn’t stand the idea of her with him.

Every time I sat alone in my office, all I could picture was Darian with his hands on her, whispering things I never had the courage to say. And it shouldn’t have mattered-but it did. It hurt.