Chapter 41

Gradel

It was for the best. Ending things between us like that was better than a public rejection. She didn't deserve to be treated in such a manner ever again.

"You have to understand me, Iris. You can't be with a man who has so much baggage. A man who doesn't even know how to love a woman. Do you enjoy suffering?" I asked her.

She sniffed, fighting hard to keep her tears from falling and it broke my heart because I didn't want her to cry because of me. I wished I could make it easier for her.

"So you are rejecting me just like your brother...