Chapter 72

The second after Cillian's question was filled with silence. The kind of silence that made it possible for you to hear your very own heart beat. The kind of silence that wrote the unspoken words, big, bold and clear in the air. And the kind of silence that came before a crack in one's life. Regina felt her heart skip a beat. The question has caught her off guard, but moreso, the way Cillian had asked it. Too much seriousness to be his usual check ups. For a second, the shortest one, the wheels at the back of her mind spun, fast and desperate, trying to piece together the sudden change in Cillian's interest and the reason behind his sudden interest in Joe's health. And then it clicked. Cillian's sudden inquiry wasn't a mere coincidence, but Bellatrix's doing. The press conference she held had a hand in it, but not as much as her scent that wrafted off him like a perfume. It was obvious from that alone, that they had met today. Perhaps that was where Cillian was when he hung up on her. A