#Chapter 61: Mutual Rejection

Aria’s POV I stood in stunned silence, my mouth falling open, looking at Lucian, trying to understand what he was saying. While not a divorce, a mutual rejection would end our mating bond. Lucian’s mark on my neck would fade and we’d be free to bond with others instead. For him to suggest such a thing… “With the current public opinion and the clear objections from my parents, I cannot give you a formal divorce just yet,” Lucian continued. His gaze veered off to the side, unable to meet my eyes. “But I will work to resolve everything as soon as I can so that you can be free, Aria.” My shock made way for horror, and then for pain. Hurt swelled out from my heart so quickly that had Jasper not been holding me upright, I would have likely fallen over. What a hypocrite I was. Here, Lucian was giving me everything I said I wanted, and now I wished he’d take it all back. Yet I wasn’t such a fool as to think that Lucian was doing any of this for my benefit. He might say he wanted