Tessa was cold. Nothing made sense. She felt like this whole time she had just been a sex toy to pedro.

Resentment welled up inside her.

“Why me?” she snapped. “Why make a child pay?”

“For revenge,” he said quietly. “Your mother had refused Pedro’s proposal years earlier. His ego was hurt. She had a mind of her own, it was defiance that got to him as he was used to having whatever he wanted, he hadn’t expected it. He was humiliated.”

“How dare he!” Tessa spat. “Because she said no, he stole my entire life from me?”

He bowed his head. “I hate how pathetic the whole situation feels...