"Tears streaming down my face. "Do you have any idea what happened tonight? He presented the jewelry he got at the auction to Sofia in front of everybody, and she simply turned it down.

"I can already hear people mocking me behind my back. He was meant to love me, but why has everything altered just because I was away for some years?!\"

Seeing my desperation for Lyon, Nathaniel's fist tightened around the bottle, and his knuckles turned white. In frustration, he shouted, "Do you honestly believe you cannot survive without him?!"

"Yes! I've loved him all these years, and now I have just three months to live. I won't...