Chapter 340

After the grand revelation of Ben’s birth story, I pretty much zone Caden out.

Anything he says goes right over my head—not because I don’t understand him, but because I’m simply not interested anymore.

By the time we make it to my mansion, Caden pulls up the car and turns to me, waiting for me to say something.

I don’t.

I don’t wait. I don’t say goodbye, or good night, or anything to start any kind of conversation. I simply push open the door, hug Axel to my chest, and step out.

“Vivienne!” he calls out to me, probably for the millionth time. “What happened, dammit?”

I so want to tell him what went wrong. I want to tell him exactly what went wrong. But then I think again and wonder—what’s even the use of it? He’s never going to change. He’ll always have this bad habit of keeping things to himself, of having secrets, and I’ll never be able to do anything about it.

Other than curse my fate, like I have so many times in the past.

What if this is some kind of cosmic warning? What if this