Chapter 17

"And I thought you'd be glad," Zara continued. Her voice was cold and unyielding. "You accuse me of having ulterior motives, but what about yourself? Can you honestly say that when you agreed to marry me, you had no selfish intentions? Had you loved me back then?" She met his eyes. Her tone was sharp and relentless. "Moreover, when have you ever thought of me as your wife throughout our marriage? If you had, could you justify the words you said, the things you did, or the way you got involved with someone else under the guise of friendship? "Soren, anyone in this world can question my motives, but you have no right to do so." As her words grew icier, his face grew paler. He opened his mouth, struggling to form a rebuttal, but no words came. Unable to let it end there, he grasped for anything he could to defend himself. "But you pursued me for four years. Then, we were married for three… All that time while you lay in my arms, listening to my heartbeat and thinking of someone else.