NIRELLE

'ASK YOUR HUSBAND TO STOP'

I stare at Cassian's message, and even though he hadn't spoken, I could feel the desperation in his tone. Was he the one in a tight corner now? Did his plan to push us back finally backfire? I stare at the message, and then the door to the closet opens, and Lucien comes out.

I gawked at him and then glanced at his face; his expression told me that he knew what he was doing when he proudly walked out of the bathroom with wet hair and a glistening chest from the water. I press my lip inward and bite on it. What was...