Page 320 of Fated Mates of the Titan Empire

He gently removed his hand from under mine.

I guess not.

“We don’t have to do this,” I said. “We can try again. We can go slow. I can live in town and take care of Cleb. Maybe with time, you might want to see me again. One day.”

“That time has passed,” he said.

He pulled the document from the tray and placed it in front of himself. He bent over it.

So, it really was over.

For him.

It would take me time to get over him.

“Can you do me one favor?” I said.

He didn’t say a word.

“Don’t get him a strict governess,” I said. “He deserves someone kind and gentle. Someone who cares more about him than rules and regulations.”

He scribbled on the report and placed it in the out tray.

“I’ll see what I can do,” he said.

He wasn’t interested in conversation. He just wanted me to leave.

“Okay,” I said, dismayed and more than a little hurt.

I got halfway to the door before I turned on my heel.

“And one more thing,” I said. “Don’t work so much. You have so much more to offer Cleb than just a comfortable upbringing. Cleb needs you. Now more than ever. Don’t bury yourself in work the way you used to. You’re ten times the man you used to be.”

Unable to say another word for fear I would burst into tears, I quickly marched from the room.

As I shut the door, I glanced up. I thought I saw him looking up from his document and watch me go.

But that had to be impossible.

Didn’t it?

8

TRAES

I was suffering from the same problem.

I slid my eyes down the page but the words made no sense.

Nothing seemed to make much sense anymore.

I wasn’t kidding anyone. Least of all myself.

I got up from my chair and wandered over to the window. Waev worked in the garden, chatting amiably with the other workers. Even now, I found it hard to believe he wasn’t who I thought he was. He’d once been a soldier—a highly trained soldier—and he’d kept it from me all this time.

He’d never lied to me. He just hadn’t divulged the complete truth. I never questioned who he was. You took people for who they presented themselves to the world as.

Just as I had with Bianca.

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