Chapter 40 Has Better Endurance

Caleb felt like something inside his chest had snapped the moment Kaia spoke. It was like her words had struck the most fragile part of him. For a split second, he'd almost believed there was something different in what she said—some trace of emotion. But when his eyes met hers, and he saw nothing but indifference, he realized it was only mockery. Still, that fleeting moment had been enough to shake him. His heart had skipped a beat. But now that he knew she had never once harbored any real feelings for him, his eyes darkened with a fierce red hue, clouded with tangled emotions. The sight terrified Kaia. She instinctively tried to shove him away again. He stood like a mountain before her, unmoving. His whole presence radiated a suffocating darkness. "You really think I'd let you marry another man?" The way he said it was intimate and possessive, which made her heart race for reasons she didn't want to admit. Meeting his obsessive stare, she quickly lowered her gaze. "Who I marry