LOVE CANNOT SURVIVE WHERE CONTROL EXISTS
" I did what I had to do to protect him - from you, from your world. Do you even realize the kind of damage you caused me?"
Adrian flinched but quickly recovered. "Sophia, you don't have to play the victim here. I deserved to know I had a child. Yes, I deserve to know.
"You deserved nothing" she snapped. Not at all. "You were controlling, manipulative and so consumed by your empire that there was no room for anyone else. Not me. Not a child. Adrian took a step closer, his voice dropping to a dangerous whisper. "I'm a man. You don't get to decide what's best for me, Sophia. He's my son and I'll be in his life whether you like it or not ".