Kira’s POVHugo walked out, the weight of his words hanging unbearably in the room.Silence.I couldn’t move, I Couldn’t think.Just stood there, numb, the betrayal clawing in my chest like a stone.How could he hide something like this from me?“Did you make that up to get rid of her?” I broke the silence without looking at him, my fingers crossed behind my back as a small, desperate part of me clung to the hope that Adrian, being the calculated genius he was, had said all of that just to push her away.“No.”My heart fell.More Silence.Still not meeting his eyes, I said robotically, barely hearing the sound of my own voice, “Did you ever plan on telling me?” I counted the floorboards in my mind while I waited for his response.“Eventually.”Something in me snapped. I met his gaze head-on, feeling livid. “Eventually, when?” I shot back. “When we’re old? When people start whispering that I’m the reason we don’t have kids?”“I don’t know what you want me to say, Kira.” I watched him m
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